Utilitarianism, Altruism, and Consent

Liberalism, Altruism and Group Consent

This article first describes a dilemma for liberalism: On the one hand restricting their own options is an important means for groups of people to shape their lives. On the other hand, group members are typically divided over whether or not to accept option-restricting solutions or policies. Should we restrict the options of all members of a group even though some consent and some do not? This ...

Assisting altruism: evaluating legally binding consent in organ donation policy.

The growing need for organ and tissue transplants has led a number of states to enforce a policy that views a donor's declared intent to be an organ donor as legally binding. This allows health officials to harvest organs without the permission of the next of kin. Legally binding consent is controversial because of concerns that it may anger family members, lead to negative publicity, and disco...

Utilitarianism and Personal Identity

Utilitarianism, Conscience and Animals

Utilitarianism and prioritarianism II

Acknowledgements I am extremely grateful to John Broome, Wlodek Rabinowicz, Bertil Tungodden and an anonymous referee for exceptionally detailed comments. I have also benefited from comments by audiences at Oxford and Konstanz. Support for this project was provided by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and also by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Federal Ministry of Education a...