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A Confucian Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicles. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Eng Ethics
Sui T, Sunday Grève S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Contractualism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This Element begins by describing T.M. Scanlon's contractualism according to which an action is right when it is authorised by the moral principles no one could reasonably reject. This view has argued to have implausible consequences with regards to how different-sized groups, non-human animals, and cognitively limited human beings should be treated ...
Suikkanen, Jussi   +1 more
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CONTRACTUALISM

open access: yes, 2004
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Megan Alessandrini (14730163)
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Contractual traps

Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge, 2009
In numerous economic scenarios, contracting parties may not have a clear picture of all the relevant aspects. While confronted with these unawareness issues, the strategic decisions of the contracting parties critically depend on their sophistication. A contracting party may be unaware of what she is entitled to determine. Therefore, she can only infer
Ying-Ju Chen, Xiaojian Zhao
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Contractualism [PDF]

open access: yes
This is a chapter on contractualism for Ethical Theory in Global Perspective, edited by Michael Hemmingsen (SUNY Press). The chapter (i) outlines contractualism as an ethical theory, (ii) explains how it differs from classical utilitarianism, (iii ...
Suikkanen, Jussi   +1 more
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Agreeing to Disagree: Diversity, Political Contractualism, and the Open Society

open access: yesJournal of Politics, 2020
Political contractualism is important in societies characterized by substantial moral and political disagreement and diversity. The very disagreement that makes the social contract necessary, however, also makes agreement difficult. Call this the paradox
John Thrasher
exaly   +3 more sources

The implications of contractualism for the responsibilisation of higher education

open access: yesDiscourse, 2017
The implications of contractualism for the responsibilisation of higher ...
Shaun Rawolle   +2 more
exaly   +1 more source

Contractualism and Animals

Philosophical Studies, 1997
Abstract There is a popular philosophical theory of morality, comprising in part a theory of welfare, that, at least when typically developed, has serious negative implications for experientialism. If this theory is accepted in its usually proffered forms, one is committed to rejecting the capacity for sentient experience as being ...
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On the Possibility of Act Contractualism [PDF]

open access: yesAustralasian Journal of Philosophy
A well-known debate in normative ethics is that between proponents of Act Consequentialism and Rule Consequentialism. Given the structural similarities between Rule Consequentialism and existing forms of Contractualism, one might expect a similar debate ...
Bourguignon, Lea
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The Mnemonomics of Contractual Screening

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
In many markets, buyers sign advance contracts before actual decisions on transactions or consumptions are made. Therefore, a buyer may have private information on expected payoff at the contracting stage, and as time moves on, new information on other components of payoff may arrive.
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