Are egoism and consequentialism self-refuting?

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Crisp, Roger. (2013). Are egoism and consequentialism self-refuting? In In D. Bakhurst, B. Hooker and M. O. Little (Ed.). Thinking about reasons: Themes from the philosophy of Jonathan Dancy pp. 1 - 16 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199604678.003.0006
AuthorsCrisp, Roger
EditorsD. Bakhurst, B. Hooker and M. O. Little
Abstract

The paper defends egoism and consequentialism against Dancy’s charge that they are self-refuting. Exegesis and criticism is provided of relevant arguments in Parfit and Dancy, and special attention is paid to the notion of blameless wrongdoing and to the act/agent distinction. The paper concludes that neither theory, if properly stated, is self-refuting, nor indeed indirectly self-defeating.

Keywordsegoism; self-interest theory; consequentialism; utilitarianism; Dancy; Parfit; self-refutation; self-defeat; blameless wrongdoing; act/agent distinction
Page range1 - 16
Year2013
Book titleThinking about reasons: Themes from the philosophy of Jonathan Dancy
PublisherOxford University Press
Place of publicationOxford, United Kingdom
ISBN9780199604678
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199604678.003.0006
Research GroupInstitute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
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