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

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

What are the appropriate criteria for assessing a theory of morality? This work begins by answering this question, and then argues for a rule-consequentialist theory in which acts should be assessed morally in terms of impartially justified rules.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hooker, Brad, 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Consequentialism (Ethics)
Rules (Philosophy)
rules (instructions)
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Utilitarianism.
Consequentialisme.
Regels.
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Summary:What are the appropriate criteria for assessing a theory of morality? This work begins by answering this question, and then argues for a rule-consequentialist theory in which acts should be assessed morally in terms of impartially justified rules.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 213 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.
ISBN:9780198250692
019825069X
9780191597701
0191597708
0191520268
9780191520266
9786611989248
6611989242
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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