Consequentialism, Moralities of Concern, and Selfishness
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Description: Ted Honderich on only consequences making actions right (consequentialism), and the selfishness of agent-relative moralities (non-consequentialisms).
CONSEQUENTIALISM, MORALITIES OF CONCERN, AND SELFISHNESS This is a piece that tries to put right what seems to me to be a lot of confusion about consequentialism in morality and moral philosophy -- the doctrine that actions and the like are made right by their consequences. It defends consequentialism, and in fact maintains that morality consists in nothing but consequentialism. The only moral reasons are consequentialist reasons. Certainly the piece swims against the tide, or anyway a current and a lot of eddies. What is maintained is very relevant to a particular morality that recommends itself to me -- the Principle of Humanity. A revised version of this piece, and one on the Principle of Humanity, and related papers, are in the collection
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