Commonsense consequentialism : wherein morality meets rationality / Douglas W. Portmore.

This is a book about morality, rationality, and the interconnections between the two. In it, Portmore defends a version of consequentialism that both comports with our commonsense moral intuitions and shares with consequentialist theories the same compelling teleological conception of practical reas...

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Main Author: Portmore, Douglas W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Series:Oxford moral theory.
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520 8 |a This is a book about morality, rationality, and the interconnections between the two. In it, Portmore defends a version of consequentialism that both comports with our commonsense moral intuitions and shares with consequentialist theories the same compelling teleological conception of practical reasons. 
505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Why I Am Not a Utilitarian; 1.1 UTILITARIANISM: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY; 1.2 THE PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE BOOK; 1.3 MYAIMS; 1.4 OBJECTIVE OUGHTS AND OBJECTIVE REASONS; 1.5 CONVENTIONS THAT I WILL FOLLOW THROUGHOUT THE BOOK; 2. Consequentialism and Moral Rationalism; 2.1 THE TOO-DEMANDING OBJECTION : HOW MORAL RATIONALISM LEADS US TO REJECT UTILITARIANISM; 2.2 THE ARGUMENT AGAINST UTILITARIANISM FROM MORAL RATIONALISM; 2.3 HOW MORAL RATIONALISM COMPELS US TO ACCEPT CONSEQUENTIALISM; 2.4 WHAT IS CONSEQUENTIALISM? 
505 8 |a 2.5 THE PRESUMPTIVE CASE FOR MORAL RATIONALISM2.6 SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS; 3. The Teleological Conception of Practical Reasons; 3.1 GETTING CLEAR ON WHAT THE VIEW IS; 3.2 CLEARING UP SOME MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE VIEW; 3.3 SCANLON'S PUTATIVE COUNTEREXAMPLES TO THE VIEW; 3.4 ARGUMENTS FOR THE VIEW; 4. Consequentializing Commonsense Morality; 4.1 HOW TO CONSEQUENTIALIZE; 4.2 THE DEONTIC EQUIVALENCE THESIS 
505 8 |a 4.3 BEYOND THE DEONTIC EQUIVALENCE THESIS : HOW CONSEQUENTIALIST THEORIES CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF ACCOUNTING FOR OUR CONSIDERED MORAL CONVICTIONS THAN EVEN SOME NONCONSEQUENTIALIST THEORIES CAN4.4 THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE DEONTIC EQUIVALENCE THESIS; 4.5 AN OBJECTION; 5. Dual-Ranking Act-Consequentialism: Reasons, Morality, and Overridingness ; 5.1 SOME QUICK CLARIFICATIONS; 5.2 MORAL REASONS, OVERRIDINGNESS, AND AGENT-CENTERED OPTIONS; 5.3 MORAL REASONS, OVERRIDINGNESS, AND SUPEREROGATION; 5.4 A META-CRITERION OF RIGHTNESS AND HOW IT LEADS US TO ADOPT DUAL-RANKING ACT-CONSEQUENTIALISM 
505 8 |a 5.5 NORCROSS'S OBJECTION5.6 SPLAWN'S OBJECTION; 5.7 VIOLATIONS OF THE TRANSITIVITY AND INDEPENDENCE AXIOMS; 6. Imperfect Reasons and Rational Options; 6.1 KAGAN'S OBJECTION: ARE WE SACRIFICING RATIONAL OPTIONS TO GET MORAL OPTIONS?; 6.2 IMPERFECT REASONS AND RATIONAL OPTIONS; 6.3 SECURITISM; 6.4 SECURITISM AND THE BASIC BELIEF; 6.5 SECURITISM'S SUPPOSITIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; 7. Commonsense Consequentialism; 7.1 THE BEST VERSION OF ACT-UTILITARIANISM: COMMONSENSE UTILITARIANISM; 7.2 SECURITIST CONSEQUENTIALISM AND THE ARGUMENT FOR IT 
505 8 |a 7.3 COMMONSENSE CONSEQUENTIALISM AND HOW IT COMPARES WITH TRADITIONAL ACT-CONSEQUENTIALISM7.4 WHAT HAS BEEN SHOWN AND WHAT REMAINS TO BE SHOWN; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; G; I; J; K; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z 
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