Morality, Rules, and Consequences - A Critical Reader (Paperback)

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, among them the leading philosophers in the discipline, 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 These essays, all of which are previously unpublished, provide students in moral philosophy with essential material and ask key questions on just what the criteria for an adequate moral theory might be.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2000
First published:	July 2000
Authors:	Brad Hooker • Elinor Mason • Dale E. Miller
Contributors:	D.W. Haslett • Brad Hooker • Shelly Kagan • Sanford S. Levy • David Lyons • Phillip Montague • Tim Mulgan
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-0970-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	0-7425-0970-2
Barcode:	9780742509702

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