Killing, letting die, and normative inertia.

According to commonsense and deontological ethics, it is impermissible to kill a person in order to save the life of another person, all else being equal. But why? This article suggests a justification of this restriction. It appeals to the idea of normative inertia—very roughly, to the idea that in...

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Published in:	Philosophy & Phenomenological Research Vol. 111; no. 2; pp. 728 - 750
Main Author:	Henning, Tim
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Sep2025
Subjects:	Deontological ethics Justification (Ethics) Decision making Plausibility (Logic) Contractarianism (Ethics)
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