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      Consequentialism

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      Consequentialism

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      Consequentialism book

      ByJulia Driver
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2011
      eBook Published 18 November 2011
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203149256
      Pages 192
      eBook ISBN 9780203149256
      Subjects Humanities, Politics & International Relations
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      Driver, J. (2011). Consequentialism (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203149256

      ABSTRACT

      Consequentialism is the view that the rightness or wrongness of actions depend solely on their consequences. It is one of the most influential, and controversial, of all ethical theories. In this book, Julia Driver introduces and critically assesses consequentialism in all its forms.

      After a brief historical introduction to the problem, Driver examines utilitarianism, and the arguments of its most famous exponents, John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham, and explains the fundamental questions underlying utilitarian theory: what value is to be specified and how it is to be maximized. Driver also discusses indirect forms of consequentialism, the important theories of motive consequentialism and virtue consequentialism, and explains why the distinction between subjective and objective consequentialism is so important.

      Including helpful features such as a glossary, chapter summaries, and annotated further reading at the end of each chapter, Consequentialism is ideal for students seeking an authoritative and clearly explained survey of this important problem.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |4 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|21 pages

      Background and history

      chapter 2|41 pages

      Value and maximization

      chapter 3|19 pages

      Aggregation

      chapter 4|10 pages

      Indirection

      chapter 5|35 pages

      Objective and subjective consequentialism

      chapter 6|14 pages

      Consequentialism and practical deliberation

      chapter 7|9 pages

      Global consequentialism

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