Consequentialism is a focal point of moral philosophy. Recently, new wave consequentialists have presented theories which proved extremely flexible and powerful in meeting influential objections. The volume explores new directions within this project, raises fundamental problems for it, and gives a balanced assessment of its scope in commonsense moral practice.

Christian Seidel is Professor of Philosophy at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). His main interests include personal autonomy (the topic of his book Selbst bestimmen. Eine philosophische Untersuchung personaler Autonomie), issues in moral and political philosophy (consequentialism, moralism, distributive justice, egalitarianism, climate ethics, and the ethics of risk) as well as British moral and social philosophy in the 19th century (John Stuart Mill and Henry Sidgwick).

• Contributors


• 1. New Wave Consequentialism: An Introduction Christian Seidel


• Part 1: Directions - Exploring New Wave Consequentialism


• 2. World-Centered Value Jamie Dreier


• 3. Multidimensional Consequentialism and Population Ethics Martin Peterson


• 4. Consequentialism and Coordination: How Traditional Consequentialism has an Attitude Problem Douglas W. Portmore


• 5. Fittingness Objections to Consequentialism Richard Yetter Chappell


• Part II: Problems - Scrutinizing the New Wave's Theoretical Basis


• 6. The Good of Consequentialized Deontology Monika Betzler and Jörg Schroth


• 7. The Restrictions of Consequentialism Jan Gertken


• 8. Commonsense Consequentialism, Moral Rationalism, and Options Dale Dorsey


• 9. New Consequentialism and the New Doing-Allowing Distinction Paul Hurley


• 10. Consequentialism, Rationality, and Kantian Respect Tim Henning


• Part III: Scope - Assessing New Wave Consequentialism in Context


• 12. Consequentialism and Moral Responsibility Elinor Mason


• 13. Kantianism, Consequentialism and Deterrence Steven Sverdlik


• Index