The Quality of Gooditude
In this review essay, I first analyze the main tenets of Larry Temkin’s Rethinking the Good and, in particular, his claim that the goodness of state of affairs may not be transitive. I examine one of the key examples of the book, and how it is intended to underwrite this claim. Next I describe the d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2015, Volume: 12, Issue: 4, Pages: 393-413 |
| Further subjects: | B
Incommensurability
B transitivity B Utilitarianism B World Health Organisation B goodness of state of affairs B Temkin B Rawls B Consequentialism |
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| Summary: | In this review essay, I first analyze the main tenets of Larry Temkin’s Rethinking the Good and, in particular, his claim that the goodness of state of affairs may not be transitive. I examine one of the key examples of the book, and how it is intended to underwrite this claim. Next I describe the difference between the threat of non-transitivity and the idea of incommensurability. I also consider the plausibility of what Temkin calls the Essentially Comparative View, and explore possible responses to examples of seeming non-transitivity. I also raise some doubts regarding Temkin’s interpretation of ‘the separateness of persons’ and Rawls’ complaints against utilitarians. Finally, I envisage whether Temkin’s theoretical perspective helps us understand practical dilemmas that organizations such as the World Health Organization face. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5243 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of moral philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455243-01204002 |
