Morality and Alienation: A Criticism of Railton’ s Account of Consequentialism

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Hojjat Minoo

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Journal: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH Year:2019 | Volume:21 | Issue:1 (79) Page(s): 121-142

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Morality and Alienation: A Criticism of Railton’ s Account of Consequentialism

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consequentialismQ1

moralityQ1

alienationQ1

factors of human happinessQ1

RailtonQ1

sophisticated consequentialismQ1

Abstract

In recent decades, one of the challenges facing morality is its alleged conflict with what are among the most important contributors to human well-being. It is claimed that adopting moral theories may alienate one from that which makes one’ s life worthwhile, such as her affections, her 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 problem of necessitating alienation. This paper first provides an explanation of Railton’ s formulation of consequentialism and then 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, refuses to accept 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.

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Hojjat, Minoo. (2019). Morality and Alienation: A Criticism of Railton’ s Account of Consequentialism. JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 21(1 (79) ), 121-142. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/372577/en

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Hojjat Minoo. Morality and Alienation: A Criticism of Railton’ s Account of Consequentialism. JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH[Internet]. 2019;21(1 (79) ):121-142. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/372577/en

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Minoo Hojjat, “Morality and Alienation: A Criticism of Railton’ s Account of Consequentialism,” JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, vol. 21, no. 1 (79) , pp. 121–142, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/372577/en

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