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Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of Morality

Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of Morality


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What are appropriate criteria for assessing a theory of morality? In Ideal Code, Real World, Brad Hooker begins by answering this question, and then argues for a rule-consequentialist theory. According to rule-consequentialism, acts should be assessed morally in terms of impartially justified rules, and rules are impartially justified if and only if the expected overall value of their general internalization is at least as great as for any alternative rules. In the course of developing his rule-consequentialism, Hooker discusses impartiality, well-being, fairness, equality, the question of how the 'general internalization' of rules is to be interpreted by rule-consequentialism, and the main objections to rule-consequentialism. He also discusses the social contract theory of morality, act-consequentialism, and the question of which moral prohibitions and which duties to help others rule-consequentialism endorses. The last part of the book considers the implications of rule-consequentialism for some current controversies in practical ethics.

Table of Contents:
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-consequntialism and doing good for the world 9: Help with practical problems Afterword Notes References Index

About the Author :
Brad Hooker is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading.

Review :
If you think rule-consequentialism was refuted years ago, then this book will give you serious reason to change your mind. Even if you don't think that, I bet your arguments are not as good as those in Brad Hooker's book... a model of lucidity, elegance, economy, and consideration for the reader. This book is a superb accomplishment. Andrew Moore, Australasian Journal of Philosophy very well-written, extremely clear and, given its wealth of content, wonderfully concise. It deserves to be very widely read and extensively discussed. James Lenman, Philosophical Books Ideal Code, Real World is an admirably honest and intellectually rigorous attempt to defend ideal code consequentialism. The book is striking in its comprehensiveness, not that it covers everything, but that it discusses enough issues of different sorts that the discerning reader will know how to apply the argumentative strategy to other issues. In this regard, the book should prove highly valuable in both graduate and undergraduate courses dedicated to the structure of moral theory. George Harris, Ethics Brad Hooker's book is excellent. It offers a novel theory. It is well argued and fun to read. I highly recommend it to my colleagues. I also think that it would be a very good book to use in an upper-division ethical theory course, or a graduate course on ethical theory. Julia Driver, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews This book seems to me the best statement and defence, so far, of one of the most important moral theories. Derek Parfit, University of Oxford All in all, Ideal Code, Real World is a truly first-rate work in moral philosophy. Hooker's writing is clear and succinct, and his argumentation is powerful. This book is a major contribution to normative moral theory, simply 'must' reading for anyone interested in ethics. Mark Timmons, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research has the special virtue of being both intelligible to general readers and powerful enough to advance the subject for specialists... an indispensable resource for anyone seriously assessing the major theoretical alternatives in normative ethics. Robert Audi, Utilitas The book passes succinctly from meta-ethical innovations, through detailed comparisons with other major moral theories to a series of provocative real world applications... This is the best available interpretation of the collective strand of the Consequentialist tradition. Tim Mulgan, Philosophical Quarterly Hooker's book covers a lot of ground, and does so in a stimulating and often convincing way THEORIA, A Swedish Journal of Philosophy Scanlon did us a great service by articulating a contractualist conception of right and wrong and Hooker matches him in providing an up-to-date, up-to-the-mark version of the rule-consequentialist alternative Philip Pettit, Times Literary Supplement This is a lucidly written and skillfully argued book by a thoughtful, discerning, and fair-minded philosopher with an enviable command of the relevant literature. Anyone interested in consequentialism or, indeed, in ethical theory generally should read it William Shaw, MIND


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199256570
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 213 mm
  • No of Pages: 230
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 326 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199256578
  • Publisher Date: 03 Oct 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of Morality
  • Width: 133 mm


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