Fred Feldman has made a substantial contribution to utilitarian moral philosophy. In this collection, ten previously published essays plus a new introductory essay reveal the striking originality and unity of his views. Feldman's utilitarianism differs from traditional forms in that it evaluates behavior by appeal to the values of accessible worlds. He also deals with problems of justice affecting standard forms of utilitarianism. The collection is suited for courses on contemporary utilitarian theory.
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"Considered individually, the essays are of a very high quality. They set out the problems they deal with in an exceptionally clear way, and the conclusions reached are always well defended. Considered as a whole, the collection is equally impressive. The attempt to reconcile consequentialism and deontology is a strength of Feldman's view. It also makes less plausible Feldman's claim that utilitarianism is the best expression of the intuition that we ought to do the best we can. In any case, it surely makes the collection of even more interest." Dialogue
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Fred Feldman has made a substantial contribution to utilitarian moral philosophy. In this collection, ten previously published essays plus a new introductory essay reveal the striking originality and unity of his views. Feldman's utilitarianism differs from traditional forms in that it evaluates behavior by appeal to the values of accessible worlds. He also deals with problems of justice affecting standard forms of utilitarianism. The collection is suited for courses on contemporary utilitarian theory.
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This review is from: Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert: Essays in Moral Philosophy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) (Paperback)
Unlike some of Feldman's other books, this one is a bit dense. However, it is a basic outline of some of the things Feldman has accomplished in his writings on Ethics. It is worth the read if Feldman has interested you at all or if you believe Utilitarianism or hedonism are attractive theories.
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This review is from: Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert: Essays in Moral Philosophy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) (Paperback)
Fred Feldman may be a wonderful philosopher and a heck of a guy but he must have skipped out on english class in college. Despite the fact that Utilitarianism is a wholly uninteresting topic and the primary reson for anyone to buy this book would be the second section on hedonism Feldman's essays on Utilitarianism leave you crying from yawns. Finally (Assuming you haven't skipped over the first section) you struggle through to part two:Hedonism and find that instead of a concise and informative essay on the various aspects and moral questions posed by hedonism you discover Feldman wants to play word games. Fully half the Hedonistic section is composed of his analyzing the grammatical correctness of various philosophers who reffered to sensory vs. propositional pleasure. Given this is a valuable aspect of hedonism personally I do not find it prudent to spend fully three-fourths of the entire section discussing it. This book wasn't for me, if, however you wish to compare propositional pleasure with sensory pleasure it's a good buy for you.
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In "A Problem for Utilitarianism," Castaneda pointed out a difficulty for traditional formulations of act utilitarianism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
basic intrinsic value state, adjusting utility for justice, taking intrinsic pleasure, hedonic phenomenon, qualified hedonism, objection from justice, new axiology, world utilitarianism, motive utilitarianism, life history world, intrinsic value states, extrinsic desire, hedonic states, negative desert, hedonic level, positive desert, axiological theory, fundamental bearers, repugnant conclusion, positive intrinsic value, desert level, act utilitarianism, generalized utility, desert base, past receipt Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hedonic Thesis, New York, Repugnant Conclusion, Irish Wolfhound, Cocker Spaniel, Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, Have Nots, Crescent Beach, Principia Ethica, American Philosophical Quarterly, Doing the Best We Can, Philosophical Studies, Franz Brentano, Michael Zimmerman, Oxford University Press, The Clarendon Press, Derek Parfit, Earl Conee, Englewood Cliffs, Paul Edwards, Robert Adams, Roderick Chisholm, Ted Sider, The Methods of Ethics New!
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In "A Problem for Utilitarianism," Castaneda pointed out a difficulty for traditional formulations of act utilitarianism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
basic intrinsic value state, adjusting utility for justice, taking intrinsic pleasure, hedonic phenomenon, qualified hedonism, objection from justice, new axiology, world utilitarianism, motive utilitarianism, life history world, intrinsic value states, extrinsic desire, hedonic states, negative desert, hedonic level, positive desert, axiological theory, fundamental bearers, repugnant conclusion, positive intrinsic value, desert level, act utilitarianism, generalized utility, desert base, past receipt Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hedonic Thesis, New York, Repugnant Conclusion, Irish Wolfhound, Cocker Spaniel, Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, Have Nots, Crescent Beach, Principia Ethica, American Philosophical Quarterly, Doing the Best We Can, Philosophical Studies, Franz Brentano, Michael Zimmerman, Oxford University Press, The Clarendon Press, Derek Parfit, Earl Conee, Englewood Cliffs, Paul Edwards, Robert Adams, Roderick Chisholm, Ted Sider, The Methods of Ethics New!
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- Principia Ethica by G. E. Moore on 10 pages
- Brentano and Intrinsic Value (Modern European Philosophy) by Roderick M. Chisholm on 6 pages
- The Origin of Our Knowledge of Right and Wrong by Franz Clemens Brentano on 4 pages
- Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick on 4 pages
- A Theory of the Good and the Right by Richard B. Brandt on 4 pages
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- The Good, the Right, Life And Death: Essays in Honor of Fred Feldman by Kris McDaniel on 11 pages
- Deontic Morality and Control (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by Ishtiyaque Haji in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Reasons and the Good by Roger Crisp on page 104, and Back Matter
- Contemporary Debates in Moral Theory (Contemporary Debates in Philosophy) by James Dreier on page 20
- Recent Work on Intrinsic Value (Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy) by Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen in Back Matter
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