Fittingness and Consequentialism
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Some beliefs, positive and negative attitudes, and desires fit their objects. Others do not. This paper considers whether consequentialist ethics can plausibly be reconciled with the fittingness of beliefs, positive and negative attitudes, and desires. Then the paper turns to what consequentialist ethics can consistently say about the fittingness of acts.
Source: Ratio
DOI: 10.1111/rati.70029
Author: Brad Hooker
Institutions: University of Oxford, University of Reading
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,900
OpenAlex ID: W7154702882