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A calculus for ethics. A theory of the structure of value. part II
Author(s) -
Smith Nicholas M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830010303
Subject(s) - utilitarianism , casuistry , epistemology , conformity , generalization , value (mathematics) , pragmatism , mathematics , mathematical economics , philosophy , psychology , social psychology , statistics
This is the second of two articles Part 1 of these two articles appeared in the April 1056 issue of Behavioral Science, pp. 111–142. dealing with a theory of values based upon a stochastic model of a system. several ethical systems—utilitarianism, casuistry, moral idealism, hegelianism, and pragmatism—are discussed in terms of this theory and finally an underlying and unifying rational principle is proposed, the principle of analogical conformity. it asserts that all rational forms, including many laws of various natural and social sciences as well as ethical principles are homomorphic to a general form. this form is a generalization of probability theory.