Author: Johnson, Conrad D.
Title: Moral Legislation: A Legal-Political Model for Indirect Consequentialist Reasoning
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (1991). orig. cloth. 22x14cm, xii,232 pp, Series: Cambridge University Studies in Philosophy.. Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Introduction; The primary principle: Doing good; Introduction; The good; Goods deriving from social union; Remarks on the value of equality in some practical applications; The discretion enjoyed by the anattached moral agent; The advantages of collective strategies; Explaining the priority of rules over acts; What is missing from this picture?; Hume's conception of justice and the 'surplus causal effect' of rules; Praising and blaming; Collective strategies; Some preliminary definitions; An example; Why ought I to accept R?; When does absence of an actual commitment make a difference?; Why R is binding on me: The points of view of individual and collective rationality; Reconciling maximizing rationality with agent-centered restrictions; Relations between collective and individual rationality; A question about deontological moral emotions; A consequentialist answer; Fairness; Equality before the rules; Does the MLM involve moral schizophrenia?; What do exclusionary reasons really exclude?; Have we now driven a wedge between the best and the right?; The rule-worship charge; The circumstances and weight of rule priority; Publicity, autonomy, and objective act consequentialism; Introduction; Objective tests of rightness versus decision procedures; The traits and motivations of the sophisticated consequentialist; Acting in (optimific) character: Some examples; Justified versus excused actions; Publicity; Publicity and the value of autonomy; The instability of limits on publicity; Paying optimum attention to the morally right;..

Keywords: Philosophy of Ethics, Consequentialism, Law, Political, Philosophy, Legal Theory, Justice, Moral Reasoning, Utilitarianism