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

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Slote, Michael A.

 
9780367502560: Common-Sense Morality and Consequentialism (Routledge Library Editions: Ethics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367502569 ISBN 13: 9780367502560
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

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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About the Author

Michael A. Slote is UST Professor of Ethics at the University of Miami.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367502569
ISBN 13 
9780367502560
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
174

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9780710203090: Common-sense Morality and Consequentialism (International Library of Philosophy)

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ISBN 10:  0710203098 ISBN 13:  9780710203090
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, 1985
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