Acceptance-Based or Teaching-Based Rule Consequentialism?

Andrea SAUCHELLI

doi:10.1111/rati.12427

Acceptance-Based or Teaching-Based Rule Consequentialism?

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Abstract

Is an action obligatory if and only if it is prescribed by a code that is the best to be taught to the next generation? This paper discusses whether this version of rule consequentialism is superior to acceptance-based formulations in some relevant respects. Ultimately, I conclude that, given certain requirements rule consequentialism should ideally meet, teaching-based formulations are no better than acceptance-based ones.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	63-70
Number of pages	8
Journal	Ratio
Volume	38
Issue number	1
Early online date	24 Oct 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12427
Publication status	Published - Mar 2025

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Ratio published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Funding

Lingnan University - Faculty Research Grant (Faculty of Arts, #101919)

Keywords

demandingness
ideal world objection
moral education
partial compilance
rule consequentialism
partial compliance

Access to Document

10.1111/rati.12427Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

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