Utilitarianism and co-operation / Donald Regan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Regan, Donald, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utilitarianism.

Cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 279 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author identifies and defines the features of traditional utilitarian theories which account for their appeal, demonstrates that no theory which is 'exclusively act-oriented' can have all the properties that ultilitarians have attempted to build into their theories, and develops a new theory 'co-operative utilitarianism'.

Contents:

The inadequacy of act-utilitarianism

A partial defence of act-utilitarianism

Hodgson, expectations, and act-utilitarian punishment

Rule-utilitarianism

Utilitarian generalization

The impossibility of an adequate traditional theory

Co-operative utilitarianism introduced

The logical possibility of 'co-operating...'

The theory of co-operative utilitarianism

Notes on a practical problem

The community of co-operators.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-168092-3

0-19-824609-9