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The Oxford handbook of consequentialism /

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This handbook contains thirty-two previously unpublished contributions to consequentialist ethics by leading scholars, covering what's happening in the field today as well as pointing to new directions for future research. Consequentialism is a rival to such moral theories as deontology, contra...

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Other Authors: Portmore, Douglas W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:Oxford handbooks online.
Subjects:
Consequentialism (Ethics)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Consequences / Dale Dorsey
  • Deontic Pluralism and the Right Amount of Good / Richard Yetter Chappell
  • Global Consequentialism / Hilary Greaves
  • Rule Consequentialism / Brad Hooker
  • Understanding the Demandingness Objection / David Sobel
  • Consequentialism, the Separateness of Persons, and Aggregation / David O. Brink
  • Consequentialism and Partiality / Diane Jeske
  • Consequentialism and Promises / Alida Liberman
  • Consequentialism and Supererogation / Alfred Archer
  • Must I Benefit Myself? / Michael Cholbi
  • Consequentialism, Blame, and Moral Responsibility / Elinor Mason
  • Alternatives / Holly M. Smith
  • Population Ethics, the Mere Addition Paradox and the Structure of Consequentialism / Melinda A. Roberts
  • Conflicts and Cooperation in Act Consequentialism / Joseph Mendola
  • Consequentialism, Virtue, and Character / Julia Driver
  • Consequentiualizing / Paul Hurley
  • Fault Lines in Ethical Theory / Shyam Nair
  • The Alienation Objection to Consequentialism / Calvin C. Baker, Barry Maguire
  • Public Policy, Consequentialism, the Environment, and Non-Human Animals / Mark Budolfson, Dean Spears
  • The Science of Effective Altruism / Victor Kumar
  • Effective Altruism: A Consequentialist Case Study / Judith Lichtenberg
  • Act-Consequentialism and the No-Difference Challenge / Holly Lawford-Smith, William Tuckwell
  • Value Comparability / Alastair Norcross
  • The Love-Hate Relationship between Feminism and Consequentialism / Samantha Brennan
  • Consequentialism and Reasons for Action / Christopher Woodard
  • Consequentialism and Nonhuman Animals / Tyler M. John, Jeff Sebo
  • Introduction / Douglas W. Portmore
  • What should a consequentialist promote? / Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek
  • Actualism, Possibilism, and the Nature of Consequentialism / Yishai Cohen, Travis Timmerman
  • Relativized Rankings / Matthew Hammerton
  • Consequentialism and Action Guidingness / Frank Jackson
  • Consequentialism, Ignorance, and Uncertainty / Krister Bykvist
  • Consequentialism and Indeterminacy / Caspar Hare.