Part I. Introduction: Moral Bases of State Action: 1. Utilitarianism as a public philosophy

2. The state as a moral agent

Part II. Morality, Public and Private: 3. Do motives matter?

4. Government house utilitarianism

Part III. Shaping Private Conduct: 5. Responsibilities

6. Distributing credit and blame

7. Apportioning responsibilities

Part IV. Shaping Public Policies: Section A. Respecting and overriding preferences: 8. Liberalism and the best-judge principle

9. Laundering preferences

10. Heroic measures and false hopes

11. Theories of compensation

Section B. Ensuring social security: 12. Stabilising expectations

13. Compensation and redistribution

14. Basic income

15. Relative needs

C. International ethics

16. What is so special about our fellow countrymen?

17. Nuclear disarmament as a moral certainty

18. International ethics and the environmental crisis

References

Index.