American philosopher who has contributed to a sophisticated critique and reconstruction of consequentialism, developing the notion of agent-relative prerogatives.
The Rejection of Consequentialism: agent-relative prerogatives — agents are permitted to give extra weight to their own projects and relationships rather than always maximizing impartially. This is intermediate between full consequentialism and deontology. Human Morality: the structure of morality for beings like us. Death and the Afterlife: why does it matter more to us that humanity continues than that we continue?
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