Utilitarianism is the idea that ethics is ultimately about what makes people's lives go better.
While utilitarian ideas remain highly influential in politics and culture, they are subject to …

Is morality fixed objectively, independently of all human judgment, or do we" invent" right
and wrong? Articulating the Moral Community argues that neither of these simple answers is …

A growing trend of thought has it that any plausible nonconsequentialist theory can be
consequentialized, which is to say that it can be given a consequentialist representation. In …

How should deontologists concerned with the ethics of killing apply their moral theory when
we don't know all the facts relevant to the permissibility of our action? Though the stakes …

The rise in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in cryptocurrency trading has
precipitated complex ethical considerations, demanding a thorough exploration of …

Many economic measures are structured to reflect ethical values. I describe three attitudes
towards this: maximalism, according to which we should aim to build all relevant values into …

Consequentialists say we may always promote the good. Deontologists object: not if that
means killing one to save five.“Consequentializers” reply: this act is wrong, but it is not for …

abstract The paper explores a new interpretation of the consequentializing project. Three
prominent interpretations are criticized for neglecting the explanatory dimension of moral …

I challenge the common picture of the “Standard Story” of Action as a neutral account of
action within which debates in normative ethics can take place. I unpack three commitments …

Agent Relative Ethics asks what the world would look like if we adopted agent relativity
wholeheartedly, clinging to no shred of absolute morality. Alastair MacIntyre's haunting …