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This is a book about moral reasoning: how we actually reason and how we ought to reason. It defends a form of 'rule' utilitarianism whereby we must sometimes judge and act in moral questions in accordance with generally accepted rules. The author opposes the currently more fashionable view that it is always right for the individual to do that which produces the most good.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. The primary principle: Doing good; 3. The advantages of collective strategies; 4. Relations between collective and individual rationality; 5. Publicity, autonomy, and objective act consequentialism; 6. The existence of rules and practices; 7. Practical reasoning; 8. Moral analogues of interpretation and legislation; 9. Other utilitarian conceptions: Some comparisons; 10. Concluding observations: Summary and a look ahead.

Moral Legislation

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 3/12/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521102421, 978-0521102421
      ISBN10: 0521102421
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      Ethics and moral philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a book about moral reasoning: how we actually reason and how we ought to reason. It defends a form of 'rule' utilitarianism whereby we must sometimes judge and act in moral questions in accordance with generally accepted rules. The author opposes the currently more fashionable view that it is always right for the individual to do that which produces the most good.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. The primary principle: Doing good; 3. The advantages of collective strategies; 4. Relations between collective and individual rationality; 5. Publicity, autonomy, and objective act consequentialism; 6. The existence of rules and practices; 7. Practical reasoning; 8. Moral analogues of interpretation and legislation; 9. Other utilitarian conceptions: Some comparisons; 10. Concluding observations: Summary and a look ahead.

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