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Consequentialism and Its demands: The Role of Institutions
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Miklos, Andras Tanyi, Attila |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Description | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal It isn’t saying much to claim that morality is demanding; the question, rather, is: can morality be so demanding that we have reason not to follow its dictates? According to many, it can, if that morality is a consequentialist one. This paper takes the plausibility and coherence of this objection – the Demandingness Objection – as a given. Our question, therefore, is how to respond to the Objection. We put forward a response that we think has not received sufficient attention in the literature: institutional consequentialism. This is a consequentialist view that, however, requires institutional systems, and not individuals, to follow the consequentialist principle. We first introduce the Objection, then explain the theory of institutional consequentialism and how it responds to the objection. In the remainder of the paper, we defend the view against potential objections. |
| Related Links | https://munin.uit.no/bitstream/10037/17496/1/article.pdf https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=3333408 |
| ISSN | 10914358 |
| e-ISSN | 15565068 |
| DOI | 10.2139/ssrn.3333408 |
| Journal | SSRN Electronic Journal |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2019-02-12 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal History and Philosophy of Science Two-level Consequentialism |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Psychiatry and Mental Health |
