The no-best action counter-examples to McMahan's Asymmetries
The purpose of this article is to introduce counter-examples both to McMahan’s Asymmetry (1981), and to his proposed solution to the Asymmetry, the Weak Asymmetry (2009). These counter-examples involve cases in which there is no-best action for an agent to perform, because of the availability of an...
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Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2016]
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Ethical perspectives
Year: 2016, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 613-624 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
McMahan, Jeff 1954-
/ Asymmetry
/ Counterexample
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IxTheo Classification: | VA Philosophy |
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