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Morality, Rules, and Consequences : A Critical Reader by Elinor Mason (2000, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
ISBN-100748611746
ISBN-139780748611744
eBay Product ID (ePID)21050078856
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMorality, Rules, and Consequences : a Critical Reader
Publication Year2000
SubjectEthics & Moral Philosophy, General, Movements / Utilitarianism
TypeTextbook
AuthorElinor Mason
Subject AreaPhilosophy
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsThese essays provide the best available survey of rule consequentialism: they are original and of a very high standard. This book will be a major resource for moral philosophers and scholars of consequentialist ethics for some time to come.
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal171.5
SynopsisWhat determines whether an action is right or wrong? One appealing idea is that a moral code ought to contain a number of rules that tell people how to behave and that are simple and few enough to be easily learned. Another appealing idea is that the consequences of actions matter, often more than anything else. Rule consequentialism tries to weave these two ideas into a general theory of morality. This theory holds that morally wrong actions are the ones forbidden by rules whose acceptance would maximize the overall good. Morality, Rules and Consequences: A Critical Reader explores for students and researchers the relationship between consequentialist theory and moral rules. Most of the chapters focus on rule consequentialism or on the distinction between act and rule versions of consequentialism. Contributors, many of whom are the leading philosophers in the area, suggest ways of assessing whether rule consequentialism could be a satisfactory moral theory. These essays, all of which are previously unpublished, provide students in Moral Philosophy with essential material and ask key questions on just what the criteria for an adequate moral theory might be. Features*The volume presents original scholarship on an important and developing area of contemporary moral philosophy*The contributors are the leading philosophers in the field*Advances debate about whether rule consequentialism is a satisfactory moral theory*A balanced collection containing essays by supporters of the theory and its criticsContributors: David Haslett, Brad Hooker, Shelly Kagan, Sanford Levy, David Lyons, Dale E. Miller, Phillip Montague, Tim Mulgan, Philip Pettit, Madison Powers, Jonathan Riley, William Shaw, Michael Smith and Alan Thomas., What determines whether an action is right or wrong? One appealing idea is that a moral code ought to contain a number of rules that tell people how to behave and that are simple and few enough to be easily learned. Another appealing idea is that the consequences of actions matter, often more than anything else. Rule consequentialism tries to weave these two ideas into a general theory of morality. This theory holds that morally wrong actions are the ones forbidden by rules whose acceptance would maximize the overall good.Morality, Rules and Consequences: A Critical Reader explores for students and researchers the relationship between consequentialist theory and moral rules. Most of the chapters focus on rule consequentialism or on the distinction between act and rule versions of consequentialism. Contributors, many of whom are the leading philosophers in the area, suggest ways of assessing whether rule consequentialism could be a satisfactory moral theory. These essays, all of which are previously unpublished, provide students in Moral Philosophy with essential material and ask key questions on just what the criteria for an adequate moral theory might be. Features*The volume presents original scholarship on an important and developing area of contemporary moral philosophy*The contributors are the leading philosophers in the field*Advances debate about whether rule consequentialism is a satisfactory moral theory*A balanced collection containing essays by supporters of the theory and its criticsContributors: David Haslett, Brad Hooker, Shelly Kagan, Sanford Levy, David Lyons, Dale E. Miller, Phillip Montague, Tim Mulgan, Philip Pettit, Madison Powers, Jonathan Riley, William Shaw, Michael Smith and Alan Thomas., Morality, Rules and Consequences: A Critical Reader explores for students and researchers the relationship between consequentialist theory and moral rules., What determines whether an action is right or wrong? one appealing idea is that a moral code ought to contain a number of rules that tell people how to behave and that are simple and few enough to be easily learned. Another appealing idea is that the consequences of actions matter, often more than anything else. Rule consequentialism tries to weave these two ideas into a general theory of morality. This theory holds that morally wrong actions are the ones forbidden by rules whose acceptance would promote the overall good.
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