Fittingness and Consequentialism

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.

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Ratio
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2026-04-17
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https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.70029
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Philosophical Ethics and Theory
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Fittingness and Consequentialism

Brad Hooker
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Philosophical Ethics and Theory
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Fittingness and Consequentialism

Brad Hooker
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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.

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St. John's College (US), Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities (GB), University of Reading (GB)
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