Rule Consequentialism and Scope

Rule consequentialism (RC) holds that the rightness and wrongness of actions is determined by an ideal moral code, i.e., the set of rules whose internalization would have the best consequences. But just how many moral codes are there supposed to be? Absolute RC holds that there is a single morally i...

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Main Author: Kahn, Leonard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2012
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2012, Volume: 15, Issue: 5, Pages: 631-646
Further subjects:B Absolutism
B Singer
B Ethics
B Reflective Equilibrium
B Relativism
B Brandt
B Rule
B Hooker
B Consequentialism
B Parfit
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