Common-Sense Morality and Consequentialism (Routledge Library Editions: Ethics) - Softcover

Book 3 of 16: Routledge Library Editions: Ethics

Slote, Michael A.

 
9780367502577: Common-Sense Morality and Consequentialism (Routledge Library Editions: Ethics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367502577 ISBN 13: 9780367502577
Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

Originally published in 1985 and now re-issued with a new preface, this study assesses the two major moral theories of ethical consequentialism and common-sense morality by means of mutual comparison and an attempt to elicit the implications and tendencies of each theory individually. The author shows that criticisms and defences of common-sense morality and of consequentialism give inadequate characterizations of the dispute between them and thus at best provide incomplete rationales for either of these influential moral views. Both theories face inherent difficulties, some familiar but others mentioned for the first time in this work. The argument proceeds by reference to historical figures like Bentham, Ross and Sidgwick and to contemporary thinkers such as Williams, Nagel, Hare and Sen.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367502577
ISBN 13 
9780367502577
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
174

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