Deontological Restrictions and the Good/Bad Asymmetry

Abstract I argue that a defense of deontological restrictions need not resort to what I call the 'Good/Bad asymmetry', according to which it is morally more important to avoid harming others than to prevent just such harm. I replace this paradoxical asymmetry with two non-paradoxical (if a...

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Main Author: Alm, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2009
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2009, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, Pages: 464-481
Further subjects:B AGENT-RELATIVITY
B BENEFIT
B HARM
B DEONTOLOGY
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