The Human Good and the Ambitions of Consequentialism
Author(s)
Griffin, James
Abstract
This paper looks at one aspect of the human good: how it serves as a basis for judgments about the moral right. It argues that the more one understands about the human good the more reservations one has about the view that the right is always derived from the good. It begins with the modern, broad conception of consequentialism, raises doubts about the conception of agency it assumes, and progresses to narrower conceptions of consequentialism, about which it also expresses doubts.
