One Pragmatism, Consequentialism, and Teleology
Two Acquiescence and Necessity
Three The Cooperative Conception
Four The Bare Idea of Pattern-Based Reasons
Five Rejecting the Willingness Requirement
Six Recklessness and Futility
Seven Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Christopher Woodard is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK.
"This is an excellent, sophisticated, thought-provoking book. It makes a real contribution to a central issue in teleological ethics. Anyone interested in teleological ethics will learn a great deal from this book." - . Tim Mulgan, University of St. Andrews, UK
"[The] focus on pattern-based reasons (and also on the pluralist approach) seems to me to be an important contribution to moral theory...Reasons, Patterns, and Cooperation offers a new theory that could be a candidate for the title of most plausible version of consequentialism." - Dr. Rob Lawlor, University of Leeds, UK
"This beautifully concise monograph is an invaluable resource for those interested in pattern-based reasons, cooperation and pluralistic approaches in ethics. The book contains a range of resources for categorizing and evaluating ethical positions, and some tremendously interesting extensions of traditional thought experiments to illustrate the centrality of structural claims to ethics. I highly recommend it." - Dr. Mitch Parsell, Macquarie University, Australia
