Motive and rightness [electronic resource] / Steven Sverdlik.

By:

Sverdlik, Steven, 1950-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780191725401 (ebook) :

Other title:

Motive & rightness [Spine title]

Subject(s):

Consequentialism (Ethics)

Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

171.5 22

LOC classification:

BJ1031

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

Summary: This books answers the question: Does the motive of an action ever make a difference to whether that action is morally right or wrong? Sverdlik's answer is yes. He analyses the nature of motives and their relation to normative judgements and intentions, and argues that consequentialism gives the best account of these matters.

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This books answers the question: Does the motive of an action ever make a difference to whether that action is morally right or wrong? Sverdlik's answer is yes. He analyses the nature of motives and their relation to normative judgements and intentions, and argues that consequentialism gives the best account of these matters.

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