This paper explores what a Rule Consequentialist of Brad Hooker's sort can and should say about normative reasons for action. I claim that they provide theory reasons, but doing so requires distinguishing different roles rules in the ideal code. Some code specify while others perform functions. The also discusses choice Consequentialists face how exactly to reasons. It ends by comparing offered...

Two novel approaches to implementing unobtrusive and and nonstigmatizing geriatric assessments in domestic environments are presented. Mobility regarding self-selected gait velocity is assessed using light barriers and a two dimensional laser range scanner. A single power sensor installed into the fuse box helps determining self-care ability by detecting appliance usage. The described assessmen...

Enough. The living will has failed, and it is time to say so. We should have known it would fail: A notable but neglected psychological literature always provided arresting reasons to expect the policy of living wills to misfire. Given their alluring potential, perhaps they were worth trying. But a crescendoing empirical literature and persistent clinical disappointments reveal that the rewards...