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Consequentialism

Beschreibung

Consequentialism is a major approach to normative ethical theory, which considers the production of good and prevention of bad consequences the touchstone of the moral evaluation. Consequentialism brings together for the first time both the main classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of this important position. Among classic sources, it includes empiricists such as Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, and rationalists like Henry Sidgwick and G. E. Moore. Contemporary consequentialist selections are included from Philip Pettit, Derek Parfit, Samuel Scheffler, Peter Railton, Richard B. Brandt, John C. Harsanyi, and Robert Adams. There are also two trenchant discussions of consequentialism by John Rawls and Amartya Sen. Edited and introduced by Stephen Darwall, these readings are essential for anyone interested in normative ethics.

Autor

Stephen Darwall is the John Dewey Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan. He has written widely on moral philosophy and its history, and is the author of Impartial Reason (1983), The British Moralists and the Internal 'Ought': 1640-1740 (1995), Philosophical Ethics (1998), and Welfare and Rational Care (2002). He is the editor, with Allan Gibbard and Peter Railton, of Moral Discourse and Practice (1997).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780631231073
• ISBN-10: 0631231072
• Artikelnr.: 21728755

Rezensionen

'A judicious selection, which offers not only a broad view ofthe main lines of consequentialist thought and its history, but aninsight into significant recent developments within the tradition,and some widely discussed objections to it.' Roger Crisp,St Anne's College

'Darwall's collection is ideal for a variety ofundergraduate and graduate courses in ethical theory in whichconsequentialism is a central topic. It contains generous excerptsfrom the main historical proponents of consequentialism and awell-chosen selection of contemporary expressions and discussionsof consequentialism.' David O. Brink, University ofCalifornia, San Diego