The Rejection of Consequentialism
A Philosophical Investigation of the Considerations Underlying Rival Moral Conceptions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8076897 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Scheffler (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Publication date | 1984-09-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Rejection of Consequentialism (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/0198235119.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W1576561943 |
| ISBN | 9780198235118 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 194 |
In this reconsideration of the case against consequentialism the author has now taken the opportunity to supplement the original work with three susbtantial subsequently published essays in which he responds to criticism of the book and further develops various of its themes and arguments
Consequentialism · Deontological ethics · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Moral philosophy · Morality · Positive economics · Utilitarianism · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
Moral Contractualism
Population axiology
Human rights, climate change, and discounting
Moral Theory and Human Rights
Made a Slave, Born a Woman
Epilogue
Picking Up Pieces
Authority and Transparency
Peripheral Visions, Critical Practice
Career Selves
Unnecessary Identities
The Subject of Moral Philosophy, With Postscript 2007
Charting Responsibilities
The Alienation Objection to Consequentialism
The Politics of Transparency and the Moral Work of Truth
Where Do Moral Theories Come From?
The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism
The Morality of Defensive Force
For the Common Good
Ethics and Values
Moral Frailty and Moral Luck
Moral Understanding and Morally Worthy Action
Modest Vindication
Disagreement
Moral Testimony and Moral Disagreement
The Transcendence of the Good
Well‐Being and Excellence
The Holy Grail of Moral Philosophy
Devotion
Virtue Egoism
Predictability and Convention
Moral Faith
Self‐Love and the Vices of Self‐Preference
Ambitious Vindication
Vocation
Kantian Egoism
Is Rule‐Consequentialism Guilty of Collapse or Incoherence?
Obligation
Wickedness and Vices
Divine Commands
What Are the Rules to Promote?
Prohibitions and Special Obligations
Politics and the Good
The Sacred and the Bad
Moral Inconsistency
Epistemic Rationality
Standard Egoism
Questions of Formulation
Do the Virtues All Imply Each Other?
Symbolic Value
God as the Good
Excellence in Being for the Good
Plural and Integrated Virtue
Abraham's Dilemma
Can Virtue Be Taught?
Help With Practical Problems
Eros
Revelation of the Good
Grace
Act‐Consequentialism
Rule‐Consequentialism and Doing Good for the World
Altruism
Virtue and its Benefits
Idolatry
Against Egoism
Conclusion
Common Projects
Justice In-Between
Justice beyond borders
How Should We Aggregate Competing Claims?
Utilitarianism and our obligations to future people
The Republican Dilemma
What virtue ethics can learn from utilitarianism
The Institutions of Deliberative Democracy
Do Rights Exist by Convention or by Nature?
Can Contractualism Save Us from Aggregation?
Is Government Supererogation Possible?
Cosmopolitan Justice and Equalizing Opportunities
Utilitarianism and fairness
The demandingness of morality
The moral demands of affluence
Relationships of Equality
Why not capitalism?
Kaplow and Shavell on the Substance of Fairness
Reasonable Disagreement about Identifed vs. Statistical Victims
Fairness, Individuality, and Free Riding
The Idea of “Ethical Accounting” for a Livestock Farm
Knowing What To Do
A Theory of virtue
The Beloved Self
Deontology
In defence of panmoralism
Moral Animals
Finite and Infinite Goods
Autonomous weapons systems and the moral equality of combatants
Agent-Relative Reasons as Second-Order Value Responses
Republicanism as critique of liberalism
Contractualism and the paradox of deontology
Three paradoxes of supererogation
The Rejection of Consequentializing
| Unique citing works | 194 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,11 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2026 (39) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 190 |