Beyond Consequentialism

Beyond Consequentialism
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9780199559305
ISBN-13 : 0199559309
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Book Synopsis Beyond Consequentialism by : Paul E. Hurley

Download or read book Beyond Consequentialism written by Paul E. Hurley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Hurley sets out a radical challenge to consequentialism, the theory which might seem to be the default option in contemporary moral philosophy. There is an unresolved tension within the theory: if consequentialists are right about the content of morality, then morality cannot have the rational authority that even they take it to have.


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