RT Article
T1 Rule Consequentialism and the Problem of Partial Acceptance
JF Ethical theory and moral practice
VO 16
IS 3
SP 643
OP 652
A1 Tobia, Kevin
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/178569748X
AB Most plausible moral theories must address problems of partial acceptance or partial compliance. The aim of this paper is to examine some proposed ways of dealing with partial acceptance problems as well as to introduce a new Rule Utilitarian suggestion. Here I survey three forms of Rule Utilitarianism, each of which represents a distinct approach to solving partial acceptance issues. I examine Fixed Rate, Variable Rate, and Optimum Rate Rule Utilitarianism, and argue that a new approach, Maximizing Expectation Rate Rule Utilitarianism, better solves partial acceptance problems.
K1 Variable rate
K1 Fixed rate
K1 Partial acceptance
K1 Rule Utilitarianism
K1 Rule Consequentialism
DO 10.1007/s10677-012-9382-3