Title Kant and Parfit : the Groundwork of Morals

Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (395 pages) Series Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory Ser Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory Ser Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; Part I The Framework for the Ultimate Derivation; 1 Sidgwick's Dualism; I. The Three Alternatives; II. Sidgwick's Solution; III. Parfit's Solution; IV. An Injection of Subjectivism?; V. Reason and Morality; VI. The Fundamental Neutral Principle; VII. Conclusion; 2 Kant's Ideal: The Consent Principle; I. Some Key Definitions; II. The Redundancy Objection; III. Ramifications of the Redundancy Objection; IV. Possible or Actual Consent; V. The Parfitian Dilemma; VI. The Rights Principle; VII. Under the Shadow of Consequentialism VIII. Conclusion3 Kant's Ideal: The Merely as a Means Principle; I. Attitude and Well-Being; II. Three Illustrations and Possible Consent; III. The Standard View Is False; IV. Examining the Rough Definition; V. Conclusion; Part II The Goal: The Greatest Good; 4 Whither Shall We Go?; I. Five Kantian Theses; II. The Formula of the Greatest Good; III. Distinctions and Definitions; IV. Kant and Consequentialism; V. The Cardinal Argument; VI. The Three Conjectures; VII. This World and the World to Come; Part III Pathway to the Ultimate Derivation; 5 The Universal Law I. Objections against the Universal LawII. Mixed Maxims; III. The Reformulation of the Universal Law; IV. Each-We Dilemmas; V. Two Objections against the Universal Law; 6 The Golden Rule and the Path to Impartiality; I. The Golden Rule and the Ground of Duties; II. The Four Objections; III. What Is the Reference Class?; IV. The Kantian Contractualist Formula; 7 Contractualism: Rawls and Kant; I. Rawlsian Moral Contractualism; II. Kantian Contractualism; III. The Uniqueness Condition; 8 Contractualism: Scanlon; I. Preliminaries; II. The Circularity Objection III. The Uniqueness Condition UnsatisfiedIV. A Paradox; Part IV The Ultimate Derivation; 9 The Ultimate Derivation I: The Base and the Argument; I. Good and Right; II. Kantian Argument for Rule Consequentialism Explained; 10 The Ultimate Derivation II: The Four Objections; I. Self-Interested Reasons; II. Altruistic and Deontic Reasons; III. The Wrong-Making Features Objection; IV. Decisive Non-Deontic Reasons; V. Conclusion; 11 The Ultimate Derivation III: The Convergence Argument and the Triple Theory; I. The Convergence Argument; II. The Triple Theory III. A Top-Down Theory: A Pyrrhic Victory?IV. A Bottom-Up Theory: A Pyrrhic Victory?; Part V What Matters, Ultimately?; 12 The Deep Divide; I. The Convergence Claim; II. The Illustration; III. God, Morality, and the Meaning of Life; A. Anscombe; B. Nietzsche; C. Schopenhauer; IV. Parfit versus Kant; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index Summary Derek Parfit's On What Matters is widely recognized as elegant, profound, and destined to change the landscape of moral philosophy. In Volume One, Parfit argues that the distinct--indeed, powerfully conflicting--theories of deontology and contractualism can be woven together in a way so as to yield utilitarian conclusions. Husain Sarkar in this book calls this, The Ultimate Derivation. Sarkar argues, however, that this derivation is untenable. To underwrite this conclusion, this book traverses considerable Parfitian terrain. Sarkar shows why Parfit hasn't quite solved what Sidgwick had called "the profoundest problem in ethics"; he offers a reading of Kant, Rawls, and Scanlon that reveals Parfit's keen utilitarian bias; and he demonstrates why Parfit's Triple Theory does not succeed in its task of unifying conflicting moral theories (without making substantial utilitarian assumptions) The final chapter of the book is about meta-ethics. It shows that Parfit's Convergence Principle is mistaken even though it unveils Parfit's utterly humane concerns: Moral philosophers are not, as Parfit thinks, climbing the same mountain. But for all that, Sarkar maintains, Parfit's book is arguably the greatest consequential tract in the history of moral philosophy Notes Print version record Subject Ethics. ethics (philosophy) PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy. Climbing the Same Moral Mountain. Consent Principle. Convergence Argument. Convergence Principle. consequentialism. consequentialist ethics. contractualism. Derek Parfit. deontological ethics. deontology. Golden Rule. Henry Sidgwick. Husain Sarkar. Immanuel Kant. John Rawls. Kant. Kantian Rawlsian. Mere Means Principle. On What Matters. Respect for Persons. Right and the Good. Sidgwick. The Ultimate Derivation. Thomas Nagel. Thomas Scanlon. Triple Theory. utilitarianism. Ethics Form Electronic book ISBN 9780429787447 0429787448 9780429787430 042978743X 9780429787423 0429787421 9780429435256 0429435258 1138351474 9781138351479

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