Relationship sensitive consequentialism Is regrettable
Personal relationships matter. Traditional Consequentialism, given its exclusive focus on agent-neutral goodness, struggles to account for this fact. A recent variant of the theory—one incorporating agent-relativity—is thought to succeed where its traditional counterpart fails. Yet, to secure thi...
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| Language: | English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155065 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Personal relationships matter. Traditional Consequentialism, given its
exclusive focus on agent-neutral goodness, struggles to account for this fact. A recent
variant of the theory—one incorporating agent-relativity—is thought to succeed where
its traditional counterpart fails. Yet, to secure this advantage, the view must take on
certain normative and evaluative commitments concerning personal relationships. As
a result, the theory permits cases in which agents do as they ought, yet later ought to
prefer that they had done otherwise. That a theory allows such cases is a serious defect.
We thus conclude that, in terms of how the theories handle personal relationships,
agent-relative consequentialism fairs no better than its traditional counterpart. |
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