Synopses & Reviews
It is typically thought that the demandingness problem is specifically a problem for consequentialists because of the gradable nature of consequentialist theories. Shades of Goodness argues that most moral theories have a gradable structure and, more significantly, that this is an advantage, rather than a disadvantage, for those theories.
About the Author
ROB LAWLOR is a research fellow at the Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied CETL (Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning), University of Leeds, UK.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I
Act-Consequentialism and Goodness
Act-Consequentialism and the Threshold Account
From Satisficing to Cost-Sensitive Consequentialism
The Rejection of Act-Consequentialism
Summary
PART II
Scalar Consequentialism
Summary
PART III
Ross-Style Pluralism and Gradability
Rosss Terminology
Moral Pluralism and the Threshold Account
Summary
PART IV
The Structure of Other Moral Theories
Summary
PART V
Alternatives to the Threshold Account
The Independence Account and the Indirect Account
Summary
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index