The Definition of Moral Dilemmas: A Logical Confusion and a Clarification
This discussion note deals with Jurriaan de Haan's paper “The Definition of Moral Dilemmas: A Logical Problem” (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 4(3), 2001, pp. 267–284). In the first, critical part I will point out a confusion in the logical analysis of the paper in question. In the second, c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2002
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2002, Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 485-491 |
| Further subjects: | B
Moral Dilemma
B Ought implies can B Deontic logic |
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| Summary: | This discussion note deals with Jurriaan de Haan's paper “The Definition of Moral Dilemmas: A Logical Problem” (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 4(3), 2001, pp. 267–284). In the first, critical part I will point out a confusion in the logical analysis of the paper in question. In the second, constructive part I will indicate how the analysis of moral dilemmas should proceed within the framework of a possible world semantics. |
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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:1021377916874 |