Background
Hooker, Bradford Williamson was born on September 13, 1957 in New Orleans. Son of Henry Williamson and Alice Ingram Hooker.
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What are the appropriate criteria for assessing a theory of morality? In this enlightening work, Brad Hooker begins by answering this question. He then argues for a rule-consequentialist theory which, in part, asserts that acts should be assessed morally in terms of impartially justified rules. In the end, he considers the implications of rule-consequentialism for several current controversies in practical ethics, making this clearly written, engaging book the best overall statement of this approach to ethics.
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Hooker, Bradford Williamson was born on September 13, 1957 in New Orleans. Son of Henry Williamson and Alice Ingram Hooker.
AB, Princeton University, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oxford, 1986.
Assistant professor Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 1986—1992, associate professor, 1992—1993. Lecturer University Reading, England, 1993—1998, senior lecturer England, 1998—2001, professor moral philosophy England, since 2001. Member benchmarking committee philosophy Quality Assurance Agency, 1999—2000.
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Author: Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-consequentialist Theory of Morality, 2000. Editor: Rationality, Rules, and Utility: New Essays on the Moral Philosophy of Richard B. Brandt, 1993, Truth in Ethics, 1996, Well-Being and Morality: Essays in Honour of James Griffin, 2000, Moral Particularism, 2000, Morality, Rules, and Consequences, 2000. Associate editor (journals) Utilitas, since 1997.
Editor (associate editor): (journals) RATIO, since 2001.
Board directors Dormer House School, Moreton-in-Marsh, 1995—2000. Member of British Philosophical Association (member constitutional drafting committee since 2001), British Society for Ethical Theory (executive committee member since 1997), Oxfam United States of America, Aristotelian Society, Mind Association (honorary secretary 2001, executive committee member since 1998), American Philosophical Association, Amnesty International.
Married Jane Dixon, April 5, 1984 (divorced July 16, 2000). Children: Henry, Alexander. Married Jamie Ball, November 16, 2001.