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A Particular Consequentialism: Why Moral Particularism and Consequentialism Need Not Conflict

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  • Olson, Jonas
  • Svensson, Frans

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Moral particularism is commonly presented as an alternative to ‘principle- or rule-based’ approaches to ethics, such as consequentialism or Kantianism. This paper argues that particularists' aversions to consequentialism stem not from a structural feature of consequentialism per se, but from substantial and structural axiological views traditionally associated with consequentialism. Given a particular approach to (intrinsic) value, there need be no conflict between moral particularism and consequentialism. We consider and reject a number of challenges holding that there is after all such a conflict. We end by suggesting that our proposed position appears quite appealing since it preserves attractive elements from particularism as well as consequentialism.

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  • Olson, Jonas & Svensson, Frans, 2003. "A Particular Consequentialism: Why Moral Particularism and Consequentialism Need Not Conflict," Utilitas, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(2), pages 194-205, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:utilit:v:15:y:2003:i:02:p:194-205_00
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