Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
12-2020
Abstract
Andrew Forcehimes and Luke Semrau argue that agent-relative consequentialism is implausible because in some circumstances it classes an act as impermissible yet holds that the outcome of all agents performing that impermissible act is preferable. I argue that their problem is closely related to Derek Parfit's problem of ‘direct collective self-defeat’ and show how Parfit's plausible solution to his problem can be adapted to solve their problem.
Keywords
agent-relative consequentialism, agent-relative value, consequentializing, direct collective self-defeat
Discipline
Ethics and Political Philosophy | Personality and Social Contexts
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Utilitas
Volume
32
Issue
4
First Page
472
Last Page
478
ISSN
0953-8208
Identifier
10.1017/s0953820820000096
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP): HSS Journals
Citation
HAMMERTON, Matthew.(2020). Agent-relative consequentialism and collective self-defeat. Utilitas, 32(4), 472-478.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3200
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0953820820000096