00000nam a22000007i 4500 UP-1685954869149626477 Buklod 20240309141841.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 240309s2019 enk agr b|001 0|eng d 9780198732624 20950249 SS-12377 Forefront Php4,305.00 Department of Philosophy DLC DMLS rda eng DMLUC B 843 W66 2019 Woodard, Christopher 1971- author. Taking utilitarianism seriously Christopher Woodard. Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press [2019] ©2019 xii, 244 pages illustrations 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Six objections -- Basic ideas -- Well-being -- Two kinds of reason -- Moral rights -- Justice and equality -- Legitimacy and democracy -- Virtuous agents -- Conclusion. Utilitarianism is the idea that ethics is ultimately about what makes people's lives go better. While utilitarian ideas remain highly influential in politics and culture, they are subject to many well-developed philosophical criticisms, such as the claim that utilitarianism requires too much of us and the view that it does not respect individuals' rights. The theory is widely thought by philosophers to be the least plausible form of consequentialism, hampered by its excessive simplicity. In Taking Utilitarianism Seriously, Christopher Woodard argues that it is not defeated by the standard objections. He presents a new and rich version of utilitarianism that can answer all six commons objections plausibly and, in doing so, launches a state-of-the-art defence of the utilitarian tradition, which has greater resources than its critics have often assumed. Far from being excessively simple, utilitarianism is able to account for much of the complexity and nuance of everyday ethical thought. And rather than being quickly dismissed, utilitarian approaches to moral and political philosophy are due for renewed development and discussion. Utilitarianism. FO UPD DMLS B 843 W66 2019 Book