Wrongness, evolutionary debunking, public rules

Hooker, B. (2016) Wrongness, evolutionary debunking, public rules. Etica and Politica, 18 (1). pp. 135-149. ISSN 1825-5167

Abstract/Summary

Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer’s wonderful book, The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics, contains a wealth of intriguing arguments and compelling ideas. The present paper focuses on areas of continuing dispute. The paper first attacks LazariRadek’s and Singer’s evolutionary debunking arguments against both egoism and parts of common-sense morality. The paper then addresses their discussion of the role of rules in utilitarianism. De Lazari-Radek and Singer concede that rules should constitute our moral decision procedure and our public morality. This paper argues that, if no one should be blamed for complying with the optimal decision procedure and optimal public rules, there are strong reasons to accept that these same rules determine what is morally permissible from what is morally wrong.

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Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > Philosophy
Publisher	Edizioni Universita di Trieste
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