Dismissive Replies to "Why Should I Be Moral?"
[...] if asked what it means to be guided by moral duties (does it mean usually doing our duty? always doing it?) Al is unlikely to have a sharp answer. [...] it exposes not only the error just mentioned - the error of regarding M as obviously a reason for Al to be moral - but a more general and imp...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Social theory and practice 2009-07, Vol.35 (3), p.341-368 |
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Zusammenfassung: | [...] if asked what it means to be guided by moral duties (does it mean usually doing our duty? always doing it?) Al is unlikely to have a sharp answer. [...] it exposes not only the error just mentioned - the error of regarding M as obviously a reason for Al to be moral - but a more general and important error: the error of treating as axiomatic, as in need of no evidence, the view that moral considerations supply every agent with practical reasons. |
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ISSN: | 0037-802X 2154-123X |
DOI: | 10.5840/soctheorpract200935321 |