Consequences, of what? Keys to the survival of Utilitarianism
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15-11-2013
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Vol 18 No 1-2 (2011): International Tribute to Esperanza Guisán (Volume II), Sección Monográfica: Homenaje a Esperanza Guisán 2010-2012 (Parte 2), pages 105-125
Submitted: 31-07-2013
Accepted: 15-11-2013
Published: 15-11-2013
Abstract
Despite the strong criticisms to ethical utilitarianism, this theory has not succumbed and remains one of the most notorious. The main criticisms address to the consequentialist conception of right that underlies the theory. However,it has been such a conception of right that, at the same time, saved utilitarianism. The article set out the features and changes that, according to the author, are the causes to explain the subsistence of utilitarianism.
Keywords:
Normative ethics, utilitarianism, consequentialism, levels of moral thinking.