Good, the Right, Life and Death

Fred Feldman

Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is widely recognized for his subtle defense of hedonistic consequentialism and for his plain-spoken and exact philosophical style.

The Book

This book collects new and original articles from an international team of scholars to celebrate his philosophical contributions.

Main Topics

The three main topics of the book - moral goodness, moral rightness and the ethical and metaphysical puzzles posed by death - are topics that have occupied Professor Feldman throughout his philosophical career.

Contributions

Each contribution advances the state of the art in analytical ethics and metaphysics through critical analysis of previous work and the formulation of new positions.

Overall Reflection

As a collection, these essays represent a sustained reflection on the merits and limitations of a whole, integrated research program in moral philosophy: hedonistic consequentialism.