Konsekwencjalizm i tajemnica: obrona ezoterycznej moralności

• Authors: Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek , Peter Singer

Title variants

EN

Secrecy in consequentialism: a defence of esoteric morality

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Sidgwick’s defence of esoteric morality has been heavily criticized, for example in Bernard Williams’s condemnation of it as a ‘Government House utilitarianism’. It is also at odds with the idea of morality defended by Kant, Rawls, Bernard Gert, Brad Hooker, and T.M. Scanlon. Yet it does seem to be an implication of consequentialism that it is sometimes right to do in secret what it would not be right to do openly, or to advocate publicly. We defend Sidgwick on this issue, and show that accepting the possibility of esoteric morality makes it possible to explain why we should accept consequentialism, even while we may feel disapproval towards some of its implications.

Keywords

EN

esoteric morality; consequencialism; publicity; utilitarianism

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Analiza i Egzystencja. Czasopismo Filozoficzne
• Year: 2013
• Issue: nr 22
• Pages: 5-32

Contributors

author

Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek

author

Peter Singer

translator

Milena Jakubiak

translator

Marek Pawłowski