Professor CHRISTOPHER WOODARD's Outputs (2)

Taking Utilitarianism Seriously (2019)
Book
Woodard, C. (2019). Taking Utilitarianism Seriously. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198732624.001.0001

Utilitarianism is in the ascendancy in many parts of public culture, but its stock among moral and political philosophers is low. Many philosophers believe that it is a dead end, since they believe that the objections to it are overwhelming. This boo... Read More about Taking Utilitarianism Seriously.

What Pedro could do
Book
Woodard, C. (2007). What Pedro could do. University of Nottingham

This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case. One approach suggests that Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the i... Read More about What Pedro could do.