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In this title, Garth L. Hallett provides the first thorough, systematic exposition and defense of proportionalism in Christian ethics. Prominent in both philosophical and theological ethics, proportionalism judges the morality of acts by their proportion of good and evil. Hallett proposes judging acts using a norm he calls Value Maximization. He defines this norm and offers a full response to such critics of all forms of proportionalism as Finnis and Grisez. The author assesses the norms moral and theological validity in and of itself; in dialogue with the encyclical Veritatis Splendor; and in comparison with various rival viewpoints, stressing natural law, divine commands, respect for persons, inviolable goods, proportionate ends, irreducible rights, and agent-centered ethics. He appraises the norms overall significance, showing its rootedness in Christian tradition, its inclusiveness and amplitude, and its relevance to those seeking a foundation for Christian ethical thought and moral activity.

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title Greater Good The Case for Proportionalism author Hallett - photo 1
title:Greater Good : The Case for Proportionalism
author:Hallett, Garth.
publisher:Georgetown University Press
isbn10 | asin:0878405909
print isbn13:9780878405909
ebook isbn13:9780585209906
language:English
subjectChristian ethics--Catholic authors.
publication date:1995
lcc:BJ1249.H294 1995eb
ddc:241/.2
subject:Christian ethics--Catholic authors.
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Greater Good
The Case for Proportionalism
Garth L. Hallett
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS / WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C. (c) 1995 by Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1995
THIS VOLUME IS PRINTED ON ACID-FREE OFFSET BOOK PAPER
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hallett, Garth.
Greater good : the case for proportionalism / Garth Hallett.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Christian ethics-Catholic authors. I. Title.
BJ1249.H294 1995
241'.2-dc20 95-5698
ISBN 0-87840-590-9 (hard)
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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A Christian Criterion of Right and Wrong
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Value-Maximization (VM)
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Overview
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A Major Objection
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The Finnis-Grisez Dilemma
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The Positive Case for VM
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Philosophical Considerations
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Theological Considerations
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Natural Law: Aquinas
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An Aristotelian and Christian View
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The First Principle of Practical Reason
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Comparison with VM
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Other Possibilities
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Divine Commands: Adams
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Adams's Theory
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Possible Convergence
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Conflicting Identifications
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Comparative Utility
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Respect for Persons: Donagan
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Similarities and Dissimilarities
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Further Dissimilarities
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Reasons for the Principle's Narrowness
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Inviolable Goods: Grisez
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Value Inviolability
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