RT Article
T1 Consequentializing Moral Dilemmas
JF Journal of moral philosophy
VO 17
IS 3
SP 261
OP 289
A1 Suikkanen, Jussi
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1817476572
AB The aim of the consequentializing project is to show that, for every plausible ethical theory, there is a version of consequentialism that is extensionally equivalent to it. One challenge this project faces is that there are common-sense ethical theories that posit moral dilemmas. There has been some speculation about how the consequentializers should react to these theories, but so far there has not been a systematic treatment of the topic. In this article, I show that there are at least five ways in which we can construct versions of consequentialism that are extensionally equivalent to the ethical theories that contain moral dilemmas. I argue that all these consequentializing strategies face a dilemma: either they must posit moral dilemmas in unintuitive cases or they must rely on unsupported assumptions about value, permissions, requirements, or options. I also consider this result’s consequences for the consequentializing project.
K1 Normative ethics
K1 Moral Dilemmas
K1 Ethical Theory
K1 consequentializing
K1 Consequentialism
DO 10.1163/17455243-01703001