Ideal code, real world : a rule-consequentialist theory of morality /

Ideal code, real world : a rule-consequentialist theory of morality /

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Author / Creator:Hooker, Brad, 1957-
Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description:xiii, 213 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Consequentialism (Ethics)
Rules (Philosophy)
Consequentialism (Ethics)
Rules (Philosophy)
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4389482
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Varying Form of Title:Ideal code, real world
ISBN:019825069X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-207) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • ideal Code, Real World
  • Ideal Code, Real World
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What Are the Rules to Promote?
  • 3. Questions of Formulation
  • 4. Is Rule-Consequentialism Guilty of Collapse or Incoherence?
  • 5. Predictability and Convention
  • 6. Prohibitions and Special Obligations
  • 7. Act-Consequentialism
  • 8. Rule-Consequentialism and Doing Good for the World
  • 9. Help with Practical Problems
  • Afterword
  • References
  • Index

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