Utilitarianism: Volume 26, Part 1: The Aggregation Question - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521756324 ISBN 13: 9780521756327

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

Is there adequate justification for employing the concept of an aggregate social good?

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Descrizione del libro

Utilitarianism and other aggregationist moral theories view the public interest or the general welfare as an aggregate of individual goods. But critics of these theories question whether there is adequate justification for employing the concept of an aggregate social good. The essays in this volume explore these issues.

Contenuti

1. Aggregation within lives Larry S. Temkin; 2. Utilitarian aggregation Russell Hardin; 3. When, if ever, do we aggregate? And why? Jan Narveson; 4. Two dogmas of deontology: aggregation, rights, and the separateness of persons Alastair Norcross; 5. Is welfare an independent good? Talbot Brewer; 6. Up and down with aggregation Brad Hooker; 7. Aggregation, allocating scarce resources, and the disabled F. M. Kamm; 8. Majorities against utility: implications of the failure of the miracle of aggregation Bryan Caplan; 9. What is it like to be a group? Andrew I. Cohen; 10. On the possibility of nonaggregative priority for the worst off Marc Fleurbaey, Bertil Tungodden and Peter Vallentyne; 11. The interpretation of maximizing utilitarianism Jonathan Riley; 12. Liberty, the higher pleasures, and Mill's missing science of ethnic jokes Elijah Millgram; 13. Benefits, holism, and the aggregation of value David McNaughton and Piers Rawling.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521756324
• ISBN 13: 9780521756327
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 404
• Redattore: Paul Ellen Frankel, Miller Jr Fred D., Paul Jeffrey
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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