Morality And Alienation A Criticism of Railton’s Version of Consequentialism

Received: 21/10/2018       |       Accepted: 13/01/2019 In recent decades, one of the challenges facing morality is its alleged conflict with what are among the most important factors of human happiness. It is claimed that adopting moral theories may alienate one from that which makes one’s life wor...

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Main Author: Minoo Hojjat
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Published: University of Qom 2019-05-01
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Online Access:http://pfk.qom.ac.ir/article_1333_8fa3e1612587560849492111fbe3ac0c.pdf
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description Received: 21/10/2018       |       Accepted: 13/01/2019 In recent decades, one of the challenges facing morality is its alleged conflict with what are among the most important factors of human happiness. It is claimed that adopting moral theories may alienate one from that which makes one’s life worthwhile, such as affections, personal commitments, as well as from other people. In his paper, “Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality”, Railton attempts to answer this objection from a consequentialist point of view. For this purpose, he has formulated a new version of consequentialism, which he calls “sophisticated consequentialism”. This version, he thinks, avoids the necessity of alienation. This paper first provides an explanation of Railton’s formulation of consequentialism and the goes on to criticize the solution he has devised for the problem of alienation by using this formulation and while showing certain incoherencies in the proposed formulation, rejects it as a new version of consequentialism. It is also argued that there are problems in how Railton’s account solves the problem of alienation which ultimately render it non-consequentialist. * University of Shahid Beheshti    ׀      m-hojjat@sbu.ac.ir   🞕 Hojjat, M. (2019). Morality And AlienationA Criticism of Railton’s Version of Consequentialism. The Journal of Philosophical - Theological Research, 21(79), 121۔ 142. https://doi.org/ 10.22091/pfk.2019.3696.1977.
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spelling doaj.art-9ae660e06bfc461c8827e173149fbde22023-08-02T08:29:56ZengUniversity of QomPizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī1735-97912538-25002019-05-0121112114610.22091/pfk.2019.3696.19771333Morality And Alienation A Criticism of Railton’s Version of ConsequentialismMinoo Hojjat0Assistant Professor of Islamic Education, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IranReceived: 21/10/2018       |       Accepted: 13/01/2019 In recent decades, one of the challenges facing morality is its alleged conflict with what are among the most important factors of human happiness. It is claimed that adopting moral theories may alienate one from that which makes one’s life worthwhile, such as affections, personal commitments, as well as from other people. In his paper, “Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality”, Railton attempts to answer this objection from a consequentialist point of view. For this purpose, he has formulated a new version of consequentialism, which he calls “sophisticated consequentialism”. This version, he thinks, avoids the necessity of alienation. This paper first provides an explanation of Railton’s formulation of consequentialism and the goes on to criticize the solution he has devised for the problem of alienation by using this formulation and while showing certain incoherencies in the proposed formulation, rejects it as a new version of consequentialism. It is also argued that there are problems in how Railton’s account solves the problem of alienation which ultimately render it non-consequentialist. * University of Shahid Beheshti    ׀      m-hojjat@sbu.ac.ir   🞕 Hojjat, M. (2019). Morality And AlienationA Criticism of Railton’s Version of Consequentialism. The Journal of Philosophical - Theological Research, 21(79), 121۔ 142. https://doi.org/ 10.22091/pfk.2019.3696.1977.http://pfk.qom.ac.ir/article_1333_8fa3e1612587560849492111fbe3ac0c.pdfconsequentialismmoralityalienationfactors of human happinessrailtonsophisticated consequentialism
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Morality And Alienation A Criticism of Railton’s Version of Consequentialism
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī
consequentialism
morality
alienation
factors of human happiness
railton
sophisticated consequentialism
title Morality And Alienation A Criticism of Railton’s Version of Consequentialism
title_full Morality And Alienation A Criticism of Railton’s Version of Consequentialism
title_fullStr Morality And Alienation A Criticism of Railton’s Version of Consequentialism
title_full_unstemmed Morality And Alienation A Criticism of Railton’s Version of Consequentialism
title_short Morality And Alienation A Criticism of Railton’s Version of Consequentialism
title_sort morality and alienation a criticism of railton s version of consequentialism
topic consequentialism
morality
alienation
factors of human happiness
railton
sophisticated consequentialism
url http://pfk.qom.ac.ir/article_1333_8fa3e1612587560849492111fbe3ac0c.pdf
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