Goodness and Justice by Joseph Mendola
In Goodness and Justice, Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classical utilitarianism, while evading utilitarianism's familiar difficulties by adopting two modifications. His theory incorporates a developed form of consequentialism. When, as is common, someone is engaged in conflicting group acts, it requires that one perform one's role in that group act that is most beneficent. The theory also holds that overall value is distribution-sensitive, ceding maximum weight to the well-being of the worst-off sections of sentient lives. It is properly congruent with commonsense intuition and required by the true metaphysics of value, by the unconstituted natural good found in our world.-
What is a Law of Nature?
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The Principle of Sufficient Reason
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What Minds Can Do
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Living without Free Will
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Truth and Truthmakers
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The Theory and Practice of Autonomy
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Natural Agency
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Propositional Attitudes
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The Structure of Emotions
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Supervenience and Mind
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In Defense of Pure Reason
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The Primitivist Theory of Truth
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Common Sense
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Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Volume 2
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Deontic Morality and Control
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Putting Skeptics in their Place
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Theories of Vagueness
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Ethics and the A Priori
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Valuing Emotions
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The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding
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Anti-Individualism
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Facts, Values, and Norms
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Practical Rules
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Brute Rationality
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Realism and the Progress of Science
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Morals, Motivation, and Convention
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Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness
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Normative Reasons
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The Metaphysics of Mind
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Matter and Sense
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Deeper into Pictures
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Moral Legislation
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Moral Disagreement
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Belief Policies
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Reason and Value
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Evidence and Assurance
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Paradoxes
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The Engines of the Soul
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Sharing Knowledge
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Consciousness and the Origins of Thought
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Supererogation
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Knowledge, Thought, and the Case for Dualism
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Papers in Philosophical Logic: Volume 1
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Seeing through Self-Deception
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Morality in a Natural World
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The Myth of Morality
Review of the hardback: 'Mendola follows the arguments wherever they lead him, undaunted and proud, no matter how unlikely the conclusionGoodness and Justice is not just provocative, however. It is a rewarding and challenging book thoroughly packed with relentless and systematic arguments.' Utilitas
Joseph Mendola is professor and chair in the department of philosophy at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of Human Thought, and of articles on ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521859530 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521859530 |
| Title | Goodness and Justice |
| Author | Joseph Mendola |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Philosophy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2006-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 338 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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