Joseph Mendola

Goodness and Justice (eBook, PDF)

A Consequentialist Moral Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

In Goodness and Justice, Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classical utilitarianism, while evading utilitarianism's familiar difficulties by adopting two modifications. His theory incorporates a developed form of consequentialism. When, as is common, someone is engaged in conflicting group acts, it requires that one perform one's role in that group act that is most beneficent. The theory also holds that overall value is distribution-sensitive, ceding maximum weight to the well-being of the worst-off sections of sentient lives. It is properly congruent with commonsense intuition and required by the true metaphysics of value, by the unconstituted natural good found in our world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511190124
• Artikelnr.: 38188070

Autorenporträt

Joseph Mendola is professor and chair in the department of philosophy at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of Human Thought, and of articles on ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Part I. A Better Consequentialism: 2. Multiple-act consequentialism
3. Three objections
Part II. Hedonism: 4. Intuitive hedonism
5. Natural good
Part III. MAXIMIN: 6. Just Construction
7. Maximin, risks, and flecks
Part IV. Advice for Atomic Agents: 8. A coda.