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Consequentialism OXFORD MORAL THEORY Series Editor David Copp, University of California, Davis Drawing Morals: Essays in Ethical Theory Thomas Hurka Commonsense Consequentialism: Wherein Morality Meets Rationality Douglas W. Portmore Against Absolute Goodness Richard Kraut The Lewd, the Rude and the Nasty Pekka Väyrynen In Praise of Desire Nomy Arpaly and Timothy Schroeder Confusion of Tongues: A Theory of Normative Language Stephen Finlay The Virtues of Happiness: A Theory of the Good Life Paul Bloomfield Having It Both Ways: Hybrid Theories and Modern Metaethics Edited by Guy Fletcher and Michael Ridge Motivational Internalism Edited by Gunnar Björnsson, Caj Strandberg, Ragnar Francén Olinder, John Eriksson, and Fredrik Björklund The Meaning of ‘Ought’: Beyond Descriptivism and Expressivism in Metaethics Matthew Chrisman Practical Knowledge: Selected Essays Kieran Setiya Articulating the Moral Community: Toward a Constructive Ethical Pragmatism Henry S. Richardson Consequentialism: New Directions, New Problems Edited by Christian Seidel Consequentialism NEW DIRECTIONS, NEW PROBLEMS Edited by Christian Seidel 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2019 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. CIP data is on file at the Library of Congress ISBN 978– 0– 19– 027011– 7 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc., United States of America Contents Acknowledgments vii List of Contributors ix 1. New Wave Consequentialism: An Introduction 1 Christian Seidel PART I | Directions: Exploring New Wave Consequentialism 2. World- Centered Value 31 Jamie Dreier 3. Multidimensional Consequentialism and Population Ethics 51 Martin Peterson 4. Consequentialism and Coordination: How Traditional Consequentialism Has an Attitude Problem 71 Douglas W. Portmore 5. Fittingness Objections to Consequentialism 90 Richard Yetter Chappell PART II | Problems: Scrutinizing the New Wave’s Theoretical Basis 6. The Good of Consequentialized Deontology 115 Monika Betzler and Jörg Schroth 7. The Restrictions of Consequentialism 136 Jan Gertken v vi Contents 8. Commonsense Consequentialism, Moral Rationalism, and Options 156 Dale Dorsey 9. New Consequentialism and the New Doing- Allowing Distinction 176 Paul Hurley 10. Consequentialism, Rationality, and Kantian Respect 198 Tim Henning PART III | Scope: Assessing New Wave Consequentialism in Context 11. Consequentialism and Moral Responsibility 219 Elinor Mason 12. Kantianism, Consequentialism, and Deterrence 237 Steven Sverdlik Index 259 Acknowledgments My first thanks go to all of the contributors to this volume for their commitment, in- spiring ideas, and admirable openness throughout the project; it has been a pleasure and an honor to learn from them. I am deeply indebted to Peter Ohlin, Emily Saccharin, Andrew Ward, and Isla Ng at Oxford University Press for their help and patience throughout this process; to an anonymous reviewer for insightful and constructive comments; to Konstantin Weber for unfailing editorial assistance; and to Gerhard Ernst for invaluable encouragement and advice from the start. Most of all, I would like to thank Ulrike for her unwavering support and for being what she is. vii Contributors Monika Betzler holds the chair for practical philosophy and ethics at the Ludwig- Maximilians- Universität at Munich. Her main interests lie in moral psychology, theories of practical reason, and normative ethics. Her recent research focuses on the normative significance of close relationships and personal projects as well as on autonomy, weakness of will, and other challenges to our rational agency. She has a book in preparation on why personal projects matter, and her most recent coedited book is on familiar duties (2015). Richard Yetter Chappell is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Miami. His primary research interests concern the defense and development of consequentialism, effective altruism, and robust (nonnaturalist) normative realism. Chappell blogs at http:// www.philosophyetc.net about these and other topics (including philosophical zombies, peer disagreement, and personal iden- tity). He has published articles in journals including Noûs, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Quarterly, and Philosophical Studies, and was co- awarded the Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress 2013 Young Ethicist Prize. Dale Dorsey is a professor of philosophy at the University of Kansas and held fellowships at the Murphy Institute (Tulane University) and Australian National University. He has published widely on issues in normative ethics, metaethics, and political philosophy, and his research focuses on the intersection between morality, well- being, and practical reason. He is the author of The Basic Minimum: A Welfarist Approach (2012) and, more recently, The Limits of Moral Authority (2016). He is currently working on a large- form project on the nature of prudence and prudential rationality. ix