Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2017
Abstract
It is commonly held that all deontological moral theories are agent-relative in the sense that they give each agent a special concern that she does not perform acts of a certain type rather than a general concern with the actions of all agents. Recently, Tom Dougherty has challenged this orthodoxy by arguing that agent-neutral deontology is possible. In this article I counter Dougherty's arguments and show that agent-neutral deontology is not possible.
Keywords
Agent-neutral, Agent-relative, Deontoogy, Moral theories
Discipline
Philosophy | Theory and Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
Volume
12
Issue
3
First Page
319
Last Page
324
ISSN
1559-3061
Identifier
10.26556/jesp.v12i3.267
Publisher
University of Southern California
Citation
HAMMERTON, Matthew.(2017). Is agent-neutral deontology possible?. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 12(3), 319-324.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2526
Copyright Owner and License
Open Access
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v12i3.267
