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Barry, Christian and Tomlin, Patrick (2016) Moral uncertainty and permissibility : evaluating option sets. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 46 (6). pp. 898-923. doi:10.1080/00455091.2016.1198198 ISSN 0045-5091.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00455091.2016.1198198
Abstract
In this essay, we explore an issue of moral uncertainty: what we are permitted to do when we are unsure about which moral principles are correct. We develop a novel approach to this issue that incorporates important insights from previous work on moral uncertainty, while avoiding some of the difficulties that beset existing alternative approaches. Our approach is based on evaluating and choosing between option sets rather than particular conduct options. We show how our approach is particularly well-suited to address this issue of moral uncertainty with respect to agents that have credence in moral theories that are not fully consequentialist.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects, Uncertainty, Lockhart, Ted, 1946-, Consequentialism (Ethics) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Canadian Journal of Philosophy | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 0045-5091 | ||||||
Official Date: | 24 June 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 46 | ||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 898-923 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/00455091.2016.1198198 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 July 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 July 2018 |
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