Absolutism and Its Consequentialist Critics

by Joram Graf Haber, Germain Gabriel Grisez, G.E.M. Anscombe

Is the judicial execution of the innocent permissible to deter crime? Some advocates of consequentialism would respond yes, while moral absolutists argue that certain kinds of conduct, including this one, are absolutely prohibited, no matter what the consequences. This is the first collection that does justice to absolutism in its richness and subtleties.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994