Developing Deontology consists of six new essays in ethical
theory by leading contemporary moral philosophers. Each essay
considers concepts prominent in the development of deontological
approaches to ethics, and these essays offer an invaluable
contribution to that development.
* Essays are contributed by Michael Smith, Philip Stratton-Lake,
Ralph Wedgewood, David Owens, Peter Vallentyne, and Elizabeth
Harman – all leading contemporary moral philosophers
* Each essay offers an original and previously unpublished
contribution to the subject
* A significant addition to the field for anyone with an interest
in the development of deontology
* The collection is edited by a leading philosophical
scholar
Table of Content
Notes on Contributors vi
1 Deontological Moral Obligations and Non-Welfarist
Agent-Relative Values 1
Michael Smith
2 Recalcitrant Pluralism 15
Philip Stratton-Lake
3 Defending Double Effect 35
Ralph Wedgwood
4 The Possibility of Consent 53
David Owens
5 Enforcement Rights against Non-Culpable Non-Just Intrusion
73
Peter Vallentyne
6 Does Moral Ignorance Exculpate? 95
Elizabeth Harman
Index 121
About the author
Brad Hooker is a professor in the Department of
Philosophy at the University of Reading, UK. He has been most
closely associated with discussions of rule-consequentialism,
although he has published papers on a wide variety of topics in
ethical theory, including the idea that moral principles must be
suitable for public acceptance. He is the author of Ideal
Code, Real World: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of
Morality (2000) and the editor
of Rationality, Rules, and
Utility (1993), and Truth in Ethics
(1997). Professor Hooker is an associate editor
of Ratio and the editor-in-chief
of Utilitas.
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