Some Question-Begging Objections to Rule Consequentialism

2022/08/29 by Caleb Perl · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Free Will and Agency #Philosophy and Theoretical Science

paper · doi:10.1080/00048402.2022.2056213

Abstract

This paper defends views like rule consequentialism by distinguishing between two sorts of ideal world objections. It aims to show that one of those sorts of objections is question-begging. Its success would open up a path forward for such views.

Citations

• Actual Rule Utilitarianism
• Wouldn't it be Nice? Moral Rules and Distant Worlds

Cited by

• Solving the Ideal Worlds Problem
• Enduring Objections to Actual Rule Consequentialism
• Does the Patterned View Avoid the Ideal Worlds Objection?

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