Stick Together and Come Back Home: Racial Sorting and the Spillover of Carceral Identity

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Univ of California Press, Jan 23, 2018 - Law - 226 pages
"The distinction between the consequences of an act and the act itself is supposed to define the fight between consequentialism and deontological moralities. This book, though sympathetic to consequentialism, aims less at taking sides in that debate than at clarifying the terms in which it is conducted. It aims to help the reader to think more clearly about some aspects of human conduct--especially the workings of the 'by'-locution, and some distinctions between making and allowing, between act and upshot, and between foreseeing and intending (the doctrine of double effect). It argues that moral philosophy would go better if the concept of 'the act itself' were dropped from its repertoire. Book Keywords: action, allowing, consequences, consequentialism, deontological ethics, double effect, ethics, intention."--Provided by publisher.
 

Contents

inside the facility
25
coming back home
111
Mind About Where Were Gonna Be When
193
Notes
205

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Patrick Lopez-Aguado is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Santa Clara University.

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