KONSEKVENCIJALIZAM I MORALNI INTEGRITET (O DOMETIMA VILIJAMSOVE KRITIKE UTILITARIZMA)
CONSEQUENTIALISM AND MORAL INTEGRITY (ON THE SCOPE OF WILLIAMS' CRITIQUE OF UTILITARIANISM)
Author(s): Nenad CekićSubject(s): Epistemology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: Utilitarianism; consequentialism; integrity; identity;
Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author examines the scope and validity of anti-utilitarian „integrity ar63ument“, proposed by Bernard Williams. This argument includes three interconnected theses: 1) utilitarianism alienates agent from its own actions; 2) utilitarianism does not take into account separateness of different persons; 3) utilitarianism assumes the doctrine of „negative responsibility“. The author analyzes whether the argument needs Williams normative (ethics of virtue) and meta-ethical (internalism) standpoint. The conclusion is that Williams’ anti-utilitarian argument could subsist even without those two presuppositions.
Journal: Theoria
- Issue Year: 59/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 48-63
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Serbian