Nikil Mukerji is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich, Germany). He studied Economics, Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Theory in Munich, Aberdeen (UK) and Auckland (NZ) and received his PhD in Philosophy from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 2014. His research interests include Moral Philosophy, Informal Logic and Argumentation Theory, the Philosophy of Economics, Experimental Philosophy and Metaphilosophy more broadly. He is the author of two monographs (
Das Differenzprinzip und seine Realisierungsbedingungen
, 2009 &
Die zehn Gebote des gesunden Menschenverstandes
, forthcoming) and has co-edited two volumes (Rethinking Responsibility in Science and Technology, 2014 & Order Ethics - An Ethical Framework for the Social Market Economy, forthcoming).

Debates consequentialism, and presents it in a bold new light

Challenges previously contested versions of consequentialism

Covers many topics surrounding the general ethics debate

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Introduction.- 1. Normative-Ethical Foundations.- 2. Metaethical Foundations.- 3. Methodology.- 4. Consequentialism and its Variants.- 5. Joining the Dots.- 6. Conclusion.