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Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of Morality. Brad Hooker

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Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of Morality Brad Hooker. pdf ebook Publisher: Language: English Page: 232 ISBN: 019825069X, 9780191520266

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`Hooker's writing is very concise and clear, yet technical. He demonstrates a wide knowledge of ethical theory. Scholarly and closely argued.' Choice, vol. 39, no. 02

`Most readers will find Hooker's ethical methodology sensible, and his nonconsequentialism at the foundational level frees him to develop and defend rule consequentialism at the normative level in a fresh way.' Mind, vol.110, no 440

`Hooker's methodology differs from that of earlier rule consequentialists, and he formulates and defends the theory in distinctive and original ways. Indeed, even if he were mereley restating an established theory, his expert marshalling of the case for rule consequentialism would constitute an important philosophical contribution in its own right.' Mind, vol.110, no 440

`In an important and influential series of articles over the last ten years, Brad Hooker has argued that Rule Consequentialism can be reformulated to avoid the standard objections. The result has been a resurgence of interest in a major moral theory. Consequentialist moral philosophers have been awaiting Hooker's book-length defence of the new Rule Consequentialism with considerable interest. They will not be disappointed.' Tim Mulgan, Philosophical Quarterly

`If you think rule-consequentialism (RC) was refuted years ago, then this book will give you serious reason to change your mind. Even if you don't think that, I bet your arguments are not as good as those in Brad Hooker's book... If you have any interest in normative ethics, then this is a book for you... The writing through which Hooker achieves all these things is also a model of lucidity, elegance, economy, and consideration for the reader. This book is a superb accomplishment.' Andrew Moore, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

`There is much more that deserves discussion than I can even gesture toward here, and the book has the special virtue of being both intelligible to general readers and powerful enough to advance the subject for specialists and both a contribution to normative ethics and metaethically informative. Ideal Code, Real World is at once a concise and a comprehensive development of a judiciously formulated, distinctive version of rule-consequentialism. It is clearly and engagingly written, well argued, and theoretically sophisticated. It is also historically informed, thoroughly researched, and extensively referenced. It may well be the best defense of consequentialism in the literature to date. It is certainly an indispensable resource for anyone seriously assessing the major theoretical alternatives in normative ethics.' Robert Audi, Utilitas

About the Author

Brad Hooker is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading.