American philosopher who has developed sophisticated consequentialism and a naturalistic moral realism — contributing centrally to debates about the relationship between facts and values.
Facts, Values, and Norms: essays on moral epistemology and naturalism. Sophisticated consequentialism: act utilitarianism with a disposition to follow rules (a disposition utilitarian might do better by not always calculating). Moral realism: moral properties are real natural properties — reducing wrongness to features that harm welfare.
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