2020/02/05 by Daniel Muñoz, Daniel Domínguez Muñoz · 2 citations
Neuroscience · Arts and Humanities · #Free Will and Agency #Philosophical Ethics and Theory #War, Ethics, and Justification
paper · doi:10.1111/nous.12326
Abstract Supererogatory acts—good deeds “beyond the call of duty”—are a part of moral common sense, but conceptually puzzling. I propose a unified solution to three of the most infamous puzzles: the classic Paradox of Supererogation (if it's so good, why isn't it just obligatory?), Horton's All or Nothing Problem, and Kamm's Intransitivity Paradox. I conclude that supererogation makes sense if, and only if, the grounds of rightness are multi‐dimensional and comparative.