Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2025
Abstract
Agent-relative consequentialism uses the theoretical framework of consequentialism to capture the constraints favored by deontologists. Christopher Howard has recently argued that agent-relative consequentialism is implausible because it can only capture such constraints at the expense of getting other normative facts incorrect. In this reply, I argue that Howard’s objection to agent-relative consequentialism fails because it rests on faulty intuitions that arise from a misunderstanding of basic structural features of agent-relative consequentialism.
Keywords
Constraints, Consequentialism, Agent-relative, victim-focused, Preventive killing
Discipline
Ethics and Political Philosophy | Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Areas of Excellence
Sustainability
Publication
Philosophia
First Page
1
Last Page
10
ISSN
0048-3893
Identifier
10.1007/s11406-025-00898-7
Publisher
Springer
Citation
HAMMERTON, Matthew.(2025). Constraints without tears for consequentialists. Philosophia, , 1-10.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4225
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-025-00898-7