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Consequences / Dale Dorsey -- Deontic Pluralism And The Right Amount Of Good / Richard Yetter Chappell -- Global Consequentialism / Hilary Greaves -- Rule Consequentialism / Brad Hooker -- Understanding The Demandingness Objection / David Sobel -- Consequentialism, The Separateness Of Persons, And Aggregation / David O. Brink -- Consequentialism And Partiality / Diane Jeske -- Consequentialism And Promises / Alida Liberman -- Consequentialism And Supererogation / Alfred Archer -- Must I Benefit Myself? / Michael Cholbi -- Consequentialism, Blame, And Moral Responsibility / Elinor Mason -- Alternatives / Holly M. Smith -- Population Ethics, The Mere Addition Paradox And The Structure Of Consequentialism / Melinda A. Roberts -- Conflicts And Cooperation In Act Consequentialism / Joseph Mendola -- Consequentialism, Virtue, And Character / Julia Driver -- Consequentiualizing / Paul Hurley -- Fault Lines In Ethical Theory / Shyam Nair -- The Alienation Objection To Consequentialism / Calvin C. Baker, Barry Maguire -- Public Policy, Consequentialism, The Environment, And Non-human Animals / Mark Budolfson, Dean Spears -- The Science Of Effective Altruism / Victor Kumar -- Effective Altruism: A Consequentialist Case Study / Judith Lichtenberg -- Act-consequentialism And The No-difference Challenge / Holly Lawford-smith, William Tuckwell -- Value Comparability / Alastair Norcross -- The Love-hate Relationship Between Feminism And Consequentialism / Samantha Brennan -- Consequentialism And Reasons For Action / Christopher Woodard -- Consequentialism And Nonhuman Animals / Tyler M. John, Jeff Sebo -- Introduction / Douglas W. Portmore -- What Should A Consequentialist Promote? / Katarzyna De Lazari-radek -- Actualism, Possibilism, And The Nature Of Consequentialism / Yishai Cohen, Travis Timmerman -- Relativized Rankings / Matthew Hammerton -- Consequentialism And Action Guidingness / Frank Jackson -- Consequentialism, Ignorance, And Uncertainty / Krister Bykvist
This volume investigates the theoretical foundations, practical applications, and contemporary challenges of consequentialist moral theory. Edited by Douglas W. Portmore, the handbook compiles original essays from leading philosophers to examine how consequentialism functions as a framework for evaluating actions, policies, and moral responsibility. The text provides a rigorous analysis of both classical debates and modern developments in the field.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Scholars and students of moral philosophy recognize this handbook as a definitive resource for understanding the current state of consequentialist discourse. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which makes it most suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level study.
Page Count:
656
Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0190905336
ISBN-13:
9780190905330