Common-Sense Morality and Consequentialism

by Michael A Slote

Originally published in 1985 and now re-issued with a new preface, this study assesses the two major moral theories of ethical consequentialism and common-sense morality by means of mutual comparison and an attempt to elicit the implications and tendencies of each theory individually. The author shows that criticisms and defences of common-sense morality and of consequentialism give inadequate characterizations of the dispute between them and thus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367502569
• ISBN13: 9780367502560
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 174 Pages