Against Blameless Wrongdoing
I argue against the standard view that it is possible to describe extensionally different consequentialist theories by describing different evaluative focal points. I argue that for consequentialist purposes, the important sense of the word ‘act’ must include all motives and side effects, and thus t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2002
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| In: |
Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2002, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 287-303 |
| Further subjects: | B
blameless wrongdoing
B Motive B evaluative focal point B Act B self-defeat B Consequentialism B Parfit |
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| Summary: | I argue against the standard view that it is possible to describe extensionally different consequentialist theories by describing different evaluative focal points. I argue that for consequentialist purposes, the important sense of the word ‘act’ must include all motives and side effects, and thus these things cannot be separated. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1019671210369 |