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    Kantian Consequentialism » Read Now

    by David Cummiskey. 196 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    The central problem for normative ethics is the conflict between a consequentialist view--that morality requires promoting the good of all--and a belief that the rights of the individual place significant constraints on what may be done to help others. Standard interpretations see Kant as rejecting...
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    The Act Itself » Read Now

    by Jonathan Bennett. 238 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    The Act Itself offers a deeper understanding of what is going on in our own moral thoughts about human behaviour. Many of the descriptions of behaviour on which our moral thoughts are based are confused; others may be free of confusion, but still we are not clear in our minds about what thoughts...
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    Uneasy Virtue (Chap. 4 "A Consequentialist Theory of Virtue") » Read Now

    by Julia Driver. 134 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    Driver challenges Aristotle's classical theory of virtue, arguing that it fails to take into account virtues that do seem to involve ignorance or epistemic defect. Modesty, for example, is generally considered to be a virtue even though the modest person may be making an inaccurate assessment of his...
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    Self-Governance and Cooperation (Chap. 1 "Misgivings about Consequentialism and Contractualism") » Read Now

    by Robert H. Myers. 179 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    Robert Myers presents an original moral theory which charts a course between the extremes of consequentialism and contractualism. He puts forward a radically new case for the existence of both agent-neutral and agent-relative values, and gives an innovative answer to the question how such disparate...
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    Mind, Method, and Conditionals: Selected Essays (Chap. 14 "Decision-Theoretic Consequentialism and the Nearest and Dearest Objection") » Read Now

    by Frank Jackson. 286 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    Frank Jackson is one of the most influential philosophers working in the English-speaking world. In every area of philosophy to which he has contributed, his work has had a major impact. As well as being strikingly original, his work is notable for its range: Jackson has worked on most of the main...
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