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Supererogation, Suberogation, and Maximizing Expected Choiceworthiness

Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Recently, several philosophers have argued that, when faced with moral uncertainty, we ought to choose the option with the maximal expected choiceworthiness (MEC). This view has been challenged on the grounds that it is implausibly demanding.
Leora Urim Sung
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accommodating Options [PDF]

, 2018
Many of us think we have agent-centred options to act suboptimally. Some of these involve favouring our own interests. Others involve sacrificing them. In this paper, I explore three different ways to accommodate agent-centred options in a criterion of ...
Lazar, Seth
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Love First

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 110, Issue 3, Page 854-886, May 2025.
Abstract How should we respond to the humanity of others? Should we care for others' well‐being? Respect them as autonomous agents? Largely neglected is an answer we can find in the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Buddhism: we should love all.
P. Quinn White
wiley   +1 more source

SUPEREROGATION AND THE CASE AGAINST AN “OVERALL OUGHT”

American Philosophical Quarterly, 2020
This paper argues against a kind of “overall ought.” The main argument is a version of the paradox of supererogation. The problem is this: obligating an agent to do what’s overall best will, when that differs from what’s they morally ought to do ...
Elizabeth Ventham
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Kant and Overdemandingness II: The Demandingness of Perfect Duties

Philosophy Compass, Volume 20, Issue 4, April 2025.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we consider how demandingness objections pertain to perfect duties in Kantian ethics. We revisit the framework of demandingness that we introduced in a previous paper, before introducing three cases that have been suggested to constitute problems for Kant, specifically regarding perfect duties.
Joe Saunders, Joe Slater, Martin Sticker
wiley   +1 more source

Intellectual humility without limits: Magnanimous humility, disagreement and the epistemology of resistance

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 110, Issue 2, Page 604-622, March 2025.
Abstract In this paper, I provide a characterisation of a neglected form of humility: magnanimous humility. Unlike most contemporary analyses of humility, magnanimous humility is not about limitations but instead presupposes that one possesses some entitlement in a context. I suggest that magnanimous intellectual humility (IH) consists in a disposition
Brandon Yip
wiley   +1 more source

Aesthetic Benevolence

Ratio, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 48-55, March 2025.
ABSTRACT While non‐moral varieties of goodness (e.g., aesthetic, epistemic and prudential) are readily recognised by philosophers and non‐philosophers alike, the philosophical literature generally suggests that benevolence is a uniquely moral phenomenon.
Daniel Telech
wiley   +1 more source

Moderate Morality: An Interest-Based Contractarian Defense & its Applied Result in the Political Ethics of International Relations [PDF]

Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2017
What is morality’s scope? Should all our actions be evaluated morally? Is it necessary to be causally responsible for harm to have a responsibility to reduce it?
Shirzad Peik Herfeh
doaj  

Challenging the Moral Status of Blood Donation [PDF]

, 2014
The World Health Organisation encourages that blood donation becomes voluntary and unremunerated, a system already operated in the UK. Drawing on public documents and videos, this paper argues that blood donation is regarded and presented as altruistic ...
A Buyx, A Farrugia, A Mullin, A Spital, A Stutzer, A-M Farrell, B Prainswick, BM Masser, BN Sojka, C Fabre, C New, C Stewart, Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office, D Devine, D Heyd, D Shaw, Department of Health, Department of Health, DW Portmore, E Arnold, E Ferguson, E Ferguson, FL Rapport, G Cullity, G Mellema, G Trotter, HLA Hart, I Brassington, I Brassington, IM Belda Suarez, International Society of Blood Transfusion, J Coggon, J Coggon, J Driver, J Harris, J Lavee, J McKie, J Rawls, KD Clouser, KPH Lemmens, KV Ramani, L Brennan, L Goette, L Goette, M Baron, M Maghsudlu, M Reichlin, MC Carter, ME Hupfer, ME McCulloch, MJ Zimmerman, MY Bartlett, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, O O’Neill, P Gill, P Singer, P Smith, Paul C. Snelling, PC Snelling, PR Ferguson, R Bennett, R Hardin, R Jarvis, R Nozick, R Pal, R Steinbock, R Titmuss, RF Baumeister, RF Gillum, RH Thaler, S Chan, S Eaton, S John, SJ Condie, SJ Martin, T Mulgan, T Nagel, TC Bednall, TW Gillespie, World Health Organisation, WR Steele   +81 more
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On the Design of Islamic Blended Microfinancing for Refugee Entrepreneurship: An Institutional Logic Perspective

Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue S1, Page 25-37, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Uncovering apt policy for refugee self‐reliance is intricate. Refugee entrepreneurship is often hailed as the way forward for such an objective as it deciphers ‘Canvas Ceiling’. However, the lack of financing for unfeasible and unbankable refugee entrepreneurs prevents this from materialising. This article proposes Islamic blended microfinance
Wahyu Jatmiko, A. Azizon, Raditya Sukmana   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source