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Ignore risk; Maximize expected moral value [PDF]
Noûs, 2021 AbstractMany philosophers assume that, when making moral decisions under uncertainty, we should choose the option that has the greatest expected moral value, regardless of how risky it is. But their arguments for maximizing expected moral value do not support it over rival, risk‐averse approaches.
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Three Remarks on “Reflective Equilibrium“ [PDF]
, 2017 John Rawls’ “reflective equilibrium” ranges amongst the most popular conceptions in contemporary ethics when it comes to the basic methodological question of how to justify and trade off different normative positions and attitudes.
Hübner, Dietmar
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Veil-of-ignorance reasoning mitigates self-serving bias in resource allocation during the COVID-19 crisis [PDF]
Judgment and Decision Making, 2021 The COVID-19 crisis has forced healthcare professionals to make tragic decisions concerning which patients to save. Furthermore, The COVID-19 crisis has foregrounded the influence of self-serving bias in debates on how to allocate scarce resources.
Karen Huang +4 more
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Immorality and Irrationality [PDF]
, 2019 Does immorality necessarily involve irrationality? The question is often taken to be among the deepest in moral philosophy. But apparently deep questions sometimes admit of deflationary answers.
Brunero J. +17 more
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Transhumanism vs. Theistic Ethics
TheoLogicaI argue that there are three limits to the transhumanist project of moral enhancement. They are “technological ignorance,” “technological passivity” and “technological easiness.” I argue that they make it unlikely that the enhancement in question will ...
Roberto Di Ceglie
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The “Original Position” as Public Performance: Liberalism, Pluralism, and Asceticism
Religions, 2019 John Rawls’ well-known device of representation (his terminology) that he names the “original position” is put into play by the veil of ignorance.
Joseph Rivera
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Der Schatten der Tugend. Kant über die unergründliche Tiefe des Herzens
Кантовский сборник, 2021 Among the most peculiar traits of Kant’s critical philosophy is the contention that, while we can know our moral maxims and can thus reflect on our actions from a moral point of view, we cannot really know whether in a given situation our actions are ...
Ursula Renz
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The (In)Elasticity of Moral Ignorance
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019 Ignorance enables individuals to act immorally. This is well known in policy circles, in which there is keen interest in lowering moral ignorance. In this paper, we study how the demand for moral ignorance responds to monetary incentives and how the demand curve for ignorance reacts to social norm messages.
Marta Serra-Garcia, Nora Szech
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Boundary Crossings and Violations in Clinical Settings
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012 Principles of beneficence, autonomy, and nonmaleficence, compassion along with fiduciary partnership are the core concepts in the doctor-patient relationship in therapeutic settings. There are varieties of reasons for boundary problems.
V K Aravind, V D Krishnaram, Z Thasneem
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Willful ignorance in law and morality [PDF]
Philosophy Compass, 2018 Abstract This article introduces the main conceptual and normative questions about willful ignorance. The first section asks what willful ignorance is , while the second section asks why—and how much—it merits moral or legal condemnation. My approach is to critically examine
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