The Identities of Action
How the Normative Valence of Consequences Matters for Act Evaluation
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 14 May 2026
- ISBN 9781666955033
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages232 pages
- Size 228.6x152.4 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 14 B&W 700
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Short description:
Individuating action depends upon how people comprehend value judgements about the consequences of an action to distinguish-or not to distinguish-between them.
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Individuating action depends upon how people comprehend value judgements about the consequences of an action to distinguish-or not to distinguish-between them.
The question ""what is action?"" cannot be fully addressed until it is established whether two action descriptions-whether in law, business, insurance policies, or ordinary conversation-refer to the same or different actions. This book approaches the problem of action individuation by arguing for a variantist account, where the moral valence of the consequences of an action plays a foundational role in distinguishing between actions. Actions with bad consequences are associated with the originating act from which the action arises; actions with positive consequences are separate from their originating act. When we consider whether a bad or good consequence is identical to an originating action, the normative valence of the consequences of the action matter. Drawing from an empirical assessment that tests non-philosophers' intuitions about individuating actions, along with real-world examples, Joseph Ulatowski explores the practical and philosophical significance of how we distinguish between actions.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Why Action Individuation Matters: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
Chapter 3: Where Action and Experiments Meet
Chapter 4: Invariantist Accounts of Action Individuation
Chapter 5: Practical Normative Evaluation and Action Individuation Variantism
References
Index
