Goodness and justice : a consequentialist moral theory / Joseph Mendola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendola, Joseph, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in philosophy.

Cambridge studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Consequentialism (Ethics).

Good and evil.

Justice (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 326 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Goodness & Justice

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Goodness and Justice, which was originally published in 2006, Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classical utilitarianism, while evading utilitarianism's familiar difficulties by adopting two modifications. His theory incorporates a developed form of consequentialism. When, as is common, someone is engaged in conflicting group acts, it requires that one perform one's role in that group act that is most beneficent. The theory also holds that overall value is distribution-sensitive, ceding maximum weight to the well-being of the worst-off sections of sentient lives. It is properly congruent with commonsense intuition and required by the true metaphysics of value, by the unconstituted natural good found in our world.

Contents:

A better consequentialism

Hedonism

Maximin

Advice for atomic agents.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-322) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16736-1

1-280-45881-X

0-511-19164-2

0-511-19076-X

0-511-19194-4

0-511-31611-9

0-511-49895-0

0-511-19108-1

OCLC:

171138658