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Inconsistency and the Theoretical Commitments of Hooker's Rule-Consequentialism

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Rule-consequentialism is frequently regarded as problematic since it faces the following powerful dilemma: either rule-consequentialism collapses into act-consequentialism or rule-consequentialism is inconsistent. Recent defenders of this theory such as Brad Hooker provide a careful response to this objection. By explicating the nature and theoretical commitments of rule-consequentialism, I contend that these maneuvers are not successful by offering a new way of viewing the dilemma which retains its force even in light of these recent discussions. The central idea is that even the most well-developed contemporary form of the view is ensnared in the following dilemma: as an agent-neutral consequentialist theory, rule-consequentialism is either inconsistent or it is desperately unmotivated as a form of consequentialism since it is committed to a non-consequentialist form of ultimate moral value.

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  • Card, Robert F., 2007. "Inconsistency and the Theoretical Commitments of Hooker's Rule-Consequentialism," Utilitas, Cambridge University Press, vol. 19(2), pages 243-258, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:utilit:v:19:y:2007:i:02:p:243-258_00
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