Help With Practical Problems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23680989 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brad Hooker (0000-0003-1164-6328, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Pages | 175-187 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Ideal code, real world (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/0199256578.003.0009 |
| OpenAlex | W2479094094 |
| ISBN | 9780199256570 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 162 |
Tries to illustrate how rule‐consequentialism can be applied to other practical problems. Explains which traditional prohibitions on sexual activity rule‐consequentialism would endorse. Then explains how rule‐consequentialists would think about the permissibility of euthanasia.
Consequentialism · Epistemology · Law and economics · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Language, truth and logic
Natural law and natural rights
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Essays on Truth and Reality
Right and Wrong
Living High and Letting Die
Essays on Ethics, Social Behavior, and Scientific Explanation
Moral Thinking
Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics
Utilitarianism and Co-operation
The Animals Issue
Human Flourishing Versus Desire Satisfaction
Decision-Theoretic Consequentialism and the Nearest and Dearest Objection
Wide Reflective Equilibrium and Theory Acceptance in Ethics
Happiness and Meaning
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Utilitarianism and the Virtues
The Misfortunes of Virtue
Impartiality, Predictability, and Indirect Consequentialism
Why Rule Consequentialism is not Superior to Ross-style Pluralism
Consequentialism and the Subversion of Pluralism
Towards a Rule-Utilitarian Theory of Supererogation
I.—utilitarianism Revised
Moral Differences
Essays on the Active Powers of Man
Rule Consequentialism and Famine
Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice
Ethical Universalism and Particularism
Ii.—does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake ?
Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Utilitarianism and Beyond
Utilitarianism, For and Against
The point of view of the universe
I — The Presidential Address
Contractualism and utilitarianism
V—Fairness
Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality
Rule‐Consequentialism and Obligations Toward the Needy
Is Reflective Equilibrium a Coherentist Model?
Justice As Impartiality
International Aid and the Scope of Kindness
Rule-Utilitarianism and the Slippery Slope
Social Morality and Individual Ideal
Egalitarianism and Responsibility
Moral Rules
Taking and Saving Lives
Some Paradoxes of Deterrence
Contemporary Political Philosophy
Equality and Priority
The Independence of Moral Theory
What Difference Does It Make Whether Moral Realism Is True?
Rule-Consequentialism
Consequentialism and moral psychology
An Unconnected Heap of Duties?
The Problem of Unauthorized Welfare
Well-being
Fairness versus Doing the Most Good
Character Traits and Objectively Right Action
Hunger and Public Action
The evolution of cooperation
Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism
Modern Moral Philosophy
Agent-Neutrality, Consequentialism, Utilitarianism … A Terminological Note
Making sense of humanity and other philosophical papers, 1982-1993
Moral Character and the Iteration Problem
Individual Sacrifice and the Greatest Happiness
The Rejection of Objective Consequentialism
Brink, Kagan, Utilitarianism and Self-Sacrifice
Unknowable Obligations
Rag-bags, Disputes and Moral Pluralism
Medical Negligence, Assault, Informed Consent, and Autonomy
Noncomparative Justice
Moral Relativism Defended
Two Concepts of Rules
Is Act-Utilitarianism Self-Defeating
Equal Consideration
Outline of a Decision Procedure for Ethics
Are There Any Natural Rights
The Interpretation of the Moral Philosophy of J. S. Mill
Innocence and Experience
Interpretations of Mill's `Utilitarianism
Sacrificing for the Good of Strangers-Repeatedly
Deontology, Incommensurability and the Arbitrary
Replies to My Critics
Justice as Fairness
Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility
Cardinal Utility in Welfare Economics and in the Theory of Risk-taking
Acceptance and the Problem of Slippery-Slope Insensitivity in Rule-Utilitarianism
Rule-Consequentialism's Dilemma
The Wide and Narrow of Reflective Equilibrium
Kantian Consequentialism
Moral Relevance and Ceteris Paribus Principles
Hare on utilitarianism and intuitive morality
Wise Choices, Apt Feelings
Kantian Constructivism in Moral Theory
The Rejection of Consequentialism
Morality, Normativity, and Society
Kantian Ethics and Supererogation
A Relatively Plausible Principle of Beneficence
Motive Utilitarianism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |