Can Consequences Be Right-Makers?

This paper sets out a novel challenge to consequentialism as a theory in normative ethics. The challenge is rooted in the ontological claim that consequences of actions do not exist at the time required to be that in virtue of which actions are right or wrong, and so consequences cannot play the rol...

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Publicado en:Philosophia Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 185 - 206
Autor principal: Boulter, Stephen
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2017
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