Author : Brad Hooker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198250692
Begins by explaining and arguing for certain criteria for assessing normative moral theories. Then argues that these criteria lead to a rule-consequentialist moral theory.
Author : Brad Hooker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,87 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199256570
Begins by explaining and arguing for certain criteria for assessing normative moral theories. Then argues that these criteria lead to a rule-consequentialist moral theory.
Author : Brad Hooker
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 39,67 MB
Release : 2000-09-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191520268
What are appropriate criteria for assessing a theory of morality? In Ideal Code, Real World, Brad Hooker begins by answering this question, and then argues for a rule-consequentialist theory. According to rule-consequentialism, acts should be assessed morally in terms of impartially justified rules, and rules are impartially justified if and only if the expected overall value of their general internalization is at least as great as for any alternative rules. In the course of developing his rule-consequentialism, Hooker discusses impartiality, well-being, fairness, equality, the question of how the 'general internalization' of rules is to be interpreted by rule-consequentialism, and the main objections to rule-consequentialism. He also discusses the social contract theory of morality, act-consequentialism, and the question of which moral prohibitions and which duties to help others rule-consequentialism endorses. The last part of the book considers the implications of rule-consequentialism for some current controversies in practical ethics.
Author : Torbjörn Tännsjö
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0190225580
When is it right to kill? Three ethical theories are examined, deontology, a moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are worked out for different kinds of killing. In the final analysis, utilitarianism can best account for our considered intuitions about these kinds of killing.
Author : Paul Gowder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 131649554X
In The Rule of Law in the Real World, Paul Gowder defends a new conception of the rule of law as the coordinated control of power and demonstrates that the rule of law, thus understood, creates and preserves social equality in a state. In a highly engaging, interdisciplinary text that moves seamlessly from theory to reality, using examples ranging from Ancient Greece through the present, Gowder sheds light on how societies have achieved the rule of law, how they have sustained it in the face of political upheaval, and how it may be measured and developed in the future. The Rule of Law in the Real World is an essential work for scholars, students, policymakers, and anyone else who believes the rule of law is critical to the proper functioning of society.
Author : John RAWLS
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 21,90 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0674042603
Though the revised edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work.
Author : William Glasser, M.D.
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 33,67 MB
Release : 2010-11-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0062031023
Dr. William Glasser offers a new psychology that, if practiced, could reverse our widespread inability to get along with one another, an inability that is the source of almost all unhappiness. For progress in human relationships, he explains that we must give up the punishing, relationship–destroying external control psychology. For example, if you are in an unhappy relationship right now, he proposes that one or both of you could be using external control psychology on the other. He goes further. And suggests that misery is always related to a current unsatisfying relationship. Contrary to what you may believe, your troubles are always now, never in the past. No one can change what happened yesterday.
Author : Julia Driver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1136514511
Consequentialism is the view that the rightness or wrongness of actions depend solely on their consequences. It is one of the most influential, and controversial, of all ethical theories. In this book, Julia Driver introduces and critically assesses consequentialism in all its forms. After a brief historical introduction to the problem, Driver examines utilitarianism, and the arguments of its most famous exponents, John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham, and explains the fundamental questions underlying utilitarian theory: what value is to be specified and how it is to be maximized. Driver also discusses indirect forms of consequentialism, the important theories of motive consequentialism and virtue consequentialism, and explains why the distinction between subjective and objective consequentialism is so important. Including helpful features such as a glossary, chapter summaries, and annotated further reading at the end of each chapter, Consequentialism is ideal for students seeking an authoritative and clearly explained survey of this important problem.
Author : Ben Eggleston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 23,98 MB
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139867482
Utilitarianism, the approach to ethics based on the maximization of overall well-being, continues to have great traction in moral philosophy and political thought. This Companion offers a systematic exploration of its history, themes, and applications. First, it traces the origins and development of utilitarianism via the work of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, and others. The volume then explores issues in the formulation of utilitarianism, including act versus rule utilitarianism, actual versus expected consequences, and objective versus subjective theories of well-being. Next, utilitarianism is positioned in relation to Kantianism and virtue ethics, and the possibility of conflict between utilitarianism and fairness is considered. Finally, the volume explores the modern relevance of utilitarianism by considering its practical implications for contemporary controversies such as military conflict and global warming. The volume will be an important resource for all those studying moral philosophy, political philosophy, political theory, and history of ideas.
Author : Pete Goodliffe
Publisher : No Starch Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 21,11 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1593271190
A guide to writing computer code covers such topics as variable naming, presentation style, error handling, and security.
