书名: Goodness and Justice: A Consequentialist Moral Theory (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
作者: Joseph Mendola (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press (April 10, 2006)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521859530
ISBN-13: 978-0521859530
Book Description
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 perform the role in that group that is most beneficent. The theory 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.
About the Author
Joseph Mendola is professor and chair in the department of philosophy at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of Human Thought, and of articles on ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind.
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作者: Joseph Mendola (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press (April 10, 2006)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521859530
ISBN-13: 978-0521859530
Book Description
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 perform the role in that group that is most beneficent. The theory 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.
About the Author
Joseph Mendola is professor and chair in the department of philosophy at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of Human Thought, and of articles on ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind.
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