The Rejection of Epistemic Consequentialism

“To later generations, ” Christine Korsgaard tells us, “much of the moral philosophy of the twentieth century will look like a struggle to escape utilitarianism. We seem to succeed in disproving one utilitarian doctrine, only to find ourselves caught in the grip of another ” (Korsgaard 1993, 275). Philippa Foot agrees: “It is remarkable how utilitarianism tends to haunt even those of us who will not believe in it. It is