| Description |
1 online resource (ii, 266 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-263) and index. |
| Contents |
An analysis of 'should' -- An analysis of 'fairness' -- An analysis of 'best' -- The free will problem -- A critique of moral responsibility and the retributive -- An analysis of causal responsibility -- The judicial system -- The post-judicial system. |
| Summary |
This book presents an account of ethical decision-making from a consequentialist perspective where a fairness constraint is placed on a utilitarian ethical theory. The work begins by analyzing both the perspective and descriptive content and the concepts of 'what is fair' and 'what is best.' The concept of 'fairness' is then analyzed along completely consequentialist lines and a constraint, based on this analysis, is placed on a version of negative cooperative utilitarianism which is developed in detail. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consequentialism (Ethics)
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Consequentialism (Ethics) |
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Justice.
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Justice. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: French, Robert E., 1952- Ethical decision-making from a consequentialist perspective. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2008 9780773448797 (DLC) 2009005210 (OCoLC)303066905 |
| ISBN |
9780773420830 (electronic book) |
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0773420835 (electronic book) |
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9780773448797 |
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0773448799 |
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