About the author:Christopher C. Heathwood is the author of the chapter: "Subjective theories of well-being" and is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Colorado ...

The consequences of our actions are important. They matter. But if the utilitarian is right, then consequences are all that matters. Is this correct? The main principle of utilitarian moral theory, ...

In one context, it seems perfectly justifiable to save many lives by sacrificing one; in another, that exchange feels unconscionable, even though the equation has not changed. Perhaps our moral ...

Since the 1960s, love is code for "express yourself as long as you do no harm." Ironically, the attempt to universalise "do no harm" in an objective way bequethed to us an untrammeled subjectivism.