La estructura consecuencialista del utilitarismo

Abstract

Despite the possibility and actual existence of non-utilitarian versions of consequentialism, utilitarianism in its diverse formulations is conceived of as the paradigm of consequentialist theory. The latter is in turn construed as an essentially monist theory of the good which aims at developing an all-embracing theory of practical rationality. These features account for its denial of an ultimately independent status to moral or otherwise restrictions upon the rational obligation of agents to maximize the good. Paradoxes and counterintuitive results render doubtful its claims to performing as a sound and consistent moral theory.