A sample of this book is available in PDF format. If you need to obtain the free Adobe PDF reader it is available from their US and UK web sites. Customers in the Middle East, South America, and the rest of the world, see these instructions . This is a lucidly written and skillfully argued book by a thoughtful, discerning, and fair-minded philosopher with an enviable command of the relevant literature. According to rule-consequentialism, acts are to be assessed in terms of rules, and rules are to be assessed by their consequences.
Hooker starts by establishing appropriate criteria for assessing a theory of morality.
He then sets out his rule-consequentialism, discusses criticisms and rival theories, and considers implications of the theory for practical issues. Philosophers interested in moral philosophy, postgraduates, and advanced undergraduates. All rights reserved.