Robert E. Goodin

Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy

Herausgeber: Maclean, Douglas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Goodin defends utilitarianism and shows how it can serve as an excellent guide to public policy makers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 597g
• ISBN-13: 9780521468060
• ISBN-10: 052146806X
• Artikelnr.: 22276069

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: Moral Bases of State Action: 1. Utilitarianism as a public philosophy
2. The state as a moral agent
Part II. Morality, Public and Private: 3. Do motives matter?
4. Government house utilitarianism
Part III. Shaping Private Conduct: 5. Responsibilities
6. Distributing credit and blame
7. Apportioning responsibilities
Part IV. Shaping Public Policies: Section A. Respecting and overriding preferences: 8. Liberalism and the best-judge principle
9. Laundering preferences
10. Heroic measures and false hopes
11. Theories of compensation
Section B. Ensuring social security: 12. Stabilising expectations
13. Compensation and redistribution
14. Basic income
15. Relative needs
C. International ethics
16. What is so special about our fellow countrymen?
17. Nuclear disarmament as a moral certainty
18. International ethics and the environmental crisis
References
Index.