The Oxford Handbook of Consequentialism (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Portmore, Douglas W.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Consequentialism is a major moral theory in contemporary philosophy: it is the view that the only thing that matters when making moral decisions is the outcome of those decisions. Consequentialists hold that to morally assess an act, we must first evaluate and rank the various ways that things could turn out depending on whether it or some alternative act is performed. Whether we should perform that act thus depends on how its outcome ranks relative to those of its alternatives. Consequentialism rivals deontology, contractualism, and virtue ethics, but, more importantly, it has influenced contemporary moral philosophy such that the consequentialist/non-consequentialist distinction is one of the most central in normative ethics. After all, every plausible moral theory must concede that the goodness of an act's consequences is something that matters, even if it's not the only thing that matters. Thus, all plausible moral theories will accept that both 1) an act's producing good consequences constitutes a moral reason to perform it, and 2) the better its consequences, the more of a moral reason there is to perform it. In this way, much of consequentialist ethical theory is important for normative ethics in general. This Oxford Handbook contains thirty-two previously unpublished contributions by top moral philosophers examining the current state of play in consequentialism and pointing to new directions for future research. The volume is organized into four major sections: foundational issues; objections to consequentialism; its forms and limits; and consequentialism's implications for policy, practice, and social reform.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190905330
• Artikelnr.: 60349533

Autorenporträt

Douglas W. Portmore is Professor of Philosophy in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. He is also an Associate Editor for Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. His research focuses mainly on morality, rationality, and the interconnections between the two, but he has also written on well-being, posthumous harm, moral responsibility, and the non-identity problem. His latest book is Opting for the Best: Oughts and Options (OUP 2019).

Inhaltsangabe

* Contents * 1. Introduction
Douglas W. Portmore * I. Foundational Issues * 2. Consequentializing
Paul Hurley * 3. Relativized Rankings
Matthew Hammerton * 4. Fault Lines in Ethical Theory
Shyam Nair * 5. Consequences
Dale Dorsey * 6. Alternatives
Holly M. Smith * 7. Actualism
Possibilism
and the Nature of Consequentialism
Yishai Cohen and Travis Timmerman * 8. Consequentialism
Blame
and Moral Responsibility
Elinor Mason * 9. Consequentialism and Reasons for Action
Christopher Woodard * 10. What should a consequentialist promote?
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek * II. Objections * 11. Understanding the Demandingness Objection
David Sobel * 12. Consequentialism and Partiality
Diana Jeske * 13. Must I Benefit Myself?
Michael Cholbi * 14. Consequentialism and Supererogation
Alfred Archer * 15. Consequentialism and Promises
Alida Liberman * 16. Consequentialism
Ignorance
and Uncertainty
Krister Bykvist * 17. Consequentialism and Action Guidingness
Frank Jackson * 18. Consequentialism and Indeterminacy
Caspar Hare * 19. Value Comparability
Alastair Norcross * 20. Consequentialism
the Separateness of Persons
and Aggregation
David Brink * 21. The Alienation Objection to Consequentialism
Barry Maguire and Calvin Baker * III. Forms and Limits * 22. Global Consequentialism
Hilary Greaves * 23. Rule Consequentialism
Brad Hooker * 24. Consequentialism
Virtue
and Character
Julia Driver * 25. Population Ethics
the Mere Addition Paradox
and the Structure of Consequentialism
Melinda Roberts * 26. Deontic Pluralism and the Right Amount of Good
Richard Yetter Chappell * 27. Conflicts and Cooperation in Act Consequentialism
Joseph Mendola * IV. Policy
Practice
and Social Reform * 28. The Science of Effective Altruism
Victor Kumar * 29. Effective Altruism: A Consequentialist Case Study
Judith Lichtenberg * 30. Consequentialism and Nonhuman Animals
Tyler M. John and Jeff Sebo * 31. Public Policy
Consequentialism
the Environment
and Non-Human Animals
Mark Budolfson and Dean Spears * 32. The Love-Hate Relationships between Feminism and Consequentialism
Samantha Brennan * 33. Act-Consequentialism and the No-Difference Challenge
Holly Lawford-Smith and William Tuckwell * Bibliography * Index