The Identities of Action

Name: The Identities of Action
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing (AUS)
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How the Normative Valence of Consequences Matters for Act Evaluation

By: Joseph Ulatowski

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Hardcover | 5 March 2026

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Individuating action depends upon how people comprehend value judgements about the consequences of an action to distinguishâ"or not to distinguishâ"between them.

The question âwhat is action?â cannot be fully addressed until it is established whether two action descriptionsâ"whether in law, business, insurance policies, or ordinary conversationâ"refer to the same or different actions. This book approaches the problem of action individuation by arguing for a variantist account, where the moral valence of the consequences of an action plays a foundational role in distinguishing between actions. Actions with bad consequences are associated with the originating act from which the action arises; actions with positive consequences are separate from their originating act. When we consider whether a bad or good consequence is identical to an originating action, the normative valence of the consequences of the action matter. Drawing from an empirical assessment that tests non-philosophersâ intuitions about individuating actions, along with real-world examples, Joseph Ulatowski explores the practical and philosophical significance of how we distinguish between actions.

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