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1	Consequentialism and Its Critics more books like this by Samuel Scheffler (Editor) add to wishlist Consequentialism is a moral doctrine stating that the right act in any given situation is the one that will produce the best overall outcome, as judged from an impersonal standpoint giving equal weight to the interests of everyone. It has been criticized, however, on the grounds that it fails to capture the most crucial features of moral thinking ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $31.37!
2	Intricate Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm more books like this by F M Kamm add to wishlist F.M. Kamm is one of the leading ethical theorists working in philosophy today. She has become well known for her brand of exacting analysis, largely in defense of a non-consequentialist perspective - the view that some actions are right or wrong by virtue of something other than their consequences. In Intricate Ethics, Kamm questions the moral ... see all copies from $21.04! new only from $21.04! \| first editions
3	Self-Governance and Cooperation more books like this by Robert H Myers add to wishlist 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 values can be weighed against each other. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
4	Goodness & Advice more books like this by Judith Jarvis Thomson, Amy Gutmann (Editor), Philip Fisher (Commentaries by) add to wishlist In Judith Thomson's essay on moral philosophy, taken from her 1999 Princeton Tannen Lectures, she explores basic moral questions and, in particular, the theory of Consequentialism, finally offering her own conception of how to live morally. Included are the responses to her essay by thinkers such as Martha Nussbaum and Phillip Fisher. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.96! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Rejection of Consequentialism: A Philosophical Investigation of the Considerations Underlying Rival Moral Conceptions more books like this by Samuel Scheffler add to wishlist In contemporary philosophy, substantive moral theories are typically classified as either consequentialist or deontological. Standard consequentialist theories insist, roughly, that agents must always act so as to produce the best available outcomes overall. Standard deontological theories, by contrast, maintain that there are some circumstances ... see all copies from $10.89! new only from $34.02! \| SVS
6	The Demands of Consequentialism more books like this by Tim Mulgan add to wishlist According to consequentialism, we should always put our resources where they will do the most good. A small contribution to a reputable aid agency can save a child from a crippling illness. We should thus devote all our energies to charity work, as well as all our money, till we reach the point where our own basic needs, or ability to keep earning ... see all copies from $23.96! new only from $48.53! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Consequentialism more books like this by Stephen L Darwall (Editor) add to wishlist Consequentialism is a major approach to normative ethical theory, which considers the production of good and prevention of bad consequences the touchstone of the moral evaluation.Consequentialism brings together for the first time both the main classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of this important position. Among classic ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $22.65! \| SVS
8	Moral Legislation: A Legal-Political Model for Indirect Consequentialist Reasoning more books like this by Conrad D Johnson add to wishlist This is a book about moral reasoning: how we actually reason and how we ought to reason. It defends a form of 'rule' utilitarianism whereby we must sometimes judge and act in moral questions in accordance with generally accepted rules, so long as the existence of those rules is justified by the good they bring about. The author opposes the ... see all copies from $18.95! new only from $27.81! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of Morality more books like this by Brad Hooker add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $29.53! new only from $29.54! \| first editions
10	The ACT Itself more books like this by Jonathan Bennett add to wishlist 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 they are. That is would hurt her, it would be ... see all copies from $17.27! new only from $33.15! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Future People: A Moderate Consequentialist Account of Our Obligations to Future Generations more books like this by Tim Mulgan add to wishlist What do we owe to our descendants? How do we balance their needs against our own? Tim Mulgan develops a new theory of our obligations to future generations, based on a new rule-consequentialist account of the morality of individual reproduction. He argues that the resulting theory accounts for a wide range of independently plausible intuitions - ... see all copies from $33.46! new only from $33.46! \| SVS
12 view cover	Kantian Consequentialism more books like this by David Cummiskey add to wishlist This book attempts to derive a strong consequentialist moral theory from Kantian foundations. It thus challenges the prevailing view that Kant's moral theory is hostile to consequentialism, and brings together the two main opposing tendencies in modern moral theory. see all copies from $9.99! new only from $81.11! \| SVS
13 view cover	Three Methods of Ethics more books like this by Marcia Baron, Michael Slote, Philip Pettit add to wishlist During the past decade ethical theory has been in a lively state of development, and three basic approaches to ethics - Kantian ethics, consequentialism, and virtue ethics - have assumed positions of particular prominence. Written in the form of a debate, this volume presents a clear survey and assessment of the main arguments, both for and ... see all copies from $19.54! new only from $34.83! \| SVS
14 view cover	Cuando Las Consecuencias No Son Suficientes more books like this by Jeffrey de Leon add to wishlist Usted y yo crecimos creyendo que las consecuencias importaban. Hoy en dia nuestros hijos se rien de las consecuencias. Criar hijos ha cambiado. ?Como puede advertir a sus hijos acerca de las malas decisiones? ?Por que ya no le creen? La generacion actual esta dispuesta a arriesgarse a que no los descubran, no a ellos, ellos venceran las ... see all copies from $4.22! new only from $10.59! \| SVS
15 view cover	Goodness and Justice: A Consequentialist Moral Theory more books like this by Joseph Mendola add to wishlist 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 two modifications. His theory incorporates a new form of consequentialism. When, as is common, someone is engaged in conflicting group acts, it requires that one ... see all copies from $49.43! new only from $73.50! \| first editions
16	Suffering and the Beneficent Community: Beyond Libertarianism more books like this by Erich H Loewy add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! new only from $13.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	Uneasy Virtue more books like this by Julia Driver, Ernest Sosa (Editor), Jonathan Dancy (Editor) add to wishlist The predominant view of moral virtue can be traced back to Aristotle. He believed that moral virtue must involve intellectual excellence. To have moral virtue one must have practical wisdom - the ability to deliberate well and to see what is morally relevant in a given context. Julia Driver challenges this classical theory of virtue, arguing that ... see all copies from $30.91! new only from $34.53! \| SVS
18 view cover	Ethics, Economics, and Freedom: The Failure of Consequentialist Social Welfare Theory more books like this by Timothy P Roth add to wishlist Nobel laureate James Buchanan once asked, "What should economists do?". The author answers by examining the theoretical, empirical and ethical problems which inhere in consequence-based, procedurally-detached social welfare theory (SWT). The fundamental constructs of SWT are found to be indeterminate. Moreover, SWT is irreconcilable with the moral ... see all copies from $3.13! new only from $74.75!
19 view cover	Meaning, Language, and Time: Toward a Consequentialist Philosophy of Discourse more books like this by Kevin J Porter add to wishlist In this broadly interdisciplinary book, Porter addresses the interanimations of meaning, time, language, and discourse. He proposes a theory that integrates meaning and time in terms of its consequences. (Philosophy) see all copies from $26.46! new only from $28.82! \| SVS
20 view cover	Friendship and Agent Relative Morality more books like this by Troy A Jollimore, Jollimore Troy add to wishlist This text examines the relationship between normative ethical theories, particularly consequentialist ones, and personal relationships such as friendship. Troy Jollimore argues that acting as consequentialism demands forces a person to behave in an unfriendly manner, and therefore shows consequentialism to be an inadequate moral theory. He goes on ... see all copies from $73.12! new only from $93.13!
21 view cover	Consequentialism Reconsidered more books like this by Erik Carlson add to wishlist In Consequentialism Reconsidered, Carlson strives to find a plausible formulation of the structural part of consequentialism. Key notions are analyzed, such as outcomes, alternatives and performability. Carlson argues that consequentialism should be understood as a maximizing rather than a satisficing theory, and as temporally neutral rather than ... see all copies from $102.17! new only from $102.17! \| SVS
22 view cover	Sympathy and Antipathy: Essays Legal and Philosophical more books like this by James Allan add to wishlist The search for a moral standard of right and wrong which is external to any particular evaluator, and so escapes subjectivity, has a long history. Jeremy Bentham, in trying to find such a standard, opted for utilitarianism, which at least provides an inter-subjective standard of right and wrong. Everything else, thought Bentham, however dressed up ... see all copies from $50.00! new only from $126.36!
23 view cover	Ought Implies Kant: A Reply to the Consequentialist Critique more books like this by Joel Marks add to wishlist 55.00 see all copies from $30.00! new only from $30.00!
24 view cover	On Consequentialist Ethics more books like this by Wadsworth Publishing, S Jack Odell add to wishlist Presenting an engaging overview of Consequentialist Ethics that is accessible to undergraduate philosophy students and general readers, this title a volume in the Wadsworth Philosophy Topics Series--provides a concise introduction to this pertinent topic of philosophical interest. The Wadsworth Philosophy Topics Series presents readers with ... see all copies from $10.19! new only from $11.01!
25 view cover	Suffering and Beneficent: Beyond Libertarianism more books like this by Erich H Loewy add to wishlist see all copies from $2.24! new only from $21.95! \| signed copies

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