ISBN: 9780792335474 - consequentialism reconsidered (theory and decision library a:, 20, band 20) (7 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Series: Theory and Decision Library A. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444. . 1995. 1995th Edition. hardcover. . . . . …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In Consequentialism Reconsidered, Carlson strives to find a plausible formulation of the structural part of consequentialism. Key notions are analyzed, such as outcomes, alternatives and performability. Carlson argues that consequentialism should be understood as a maximizing rather than a satisficing theory, and as temporally neutral rather than future oriented. He also shows that certain moral theories cannot be reformulated as consequentialist theories. The relevant alternatives for an agent in a situation are taken to comprise all actions that they can perform in the situation. The defense of this idea necessitates certain modifications to the standard consequentialist criteria of obligatoriness, rightness and wrongness. The problem of whether agents should adapt their actions to their own future actions is also addressed. Further, a conditional analysis of performability is suggested, and it is argued that particular actions should in this connection be regarded as `abstract' rather than `concrete'. The final chapter sketches a consequentialist theory for collective agents.…

Zustand: New. Series: Theory and Decision Library A. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444. . 1995. 1995th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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24,5 x 16,5 cm. Zustand: Gut. 1. Auflage. X, 170 Seiten Innen sauberer, guter Zustand. Hardcover, Pappeinband, mit den üblichen Bibliotheks-Markierungen, Stempeln und Einträgen, innen wie außen, siehe Bilder. Obere Ecken bestoßen. Einband leicht fleckig. - Theory and Decision Library. Series A: Philosophy and Methodology of the Socail Sciences, volume 20. B15-04-01W Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 440. …