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1. Introduction 1. Introduction
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2. Deontic Constraints and Options 2. Deontic Constraints and Options
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2.1. Dimensions of Importance 2.1. Dimensions of Importance
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2.2. Assumptions about Goodness 2.2. Assumptions about Goodness
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2.3. There Are No Deep Fault Lines on Neutral Grounds 2.3. There Are No Deep Fault Lines on Neutral Grounds
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2.3.1. A Fault Line on Neutral Grounds 2.3.1. A Fault Line on Neutral Grounds
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2.3.2. Impossibility and Modesty 2.3.2. Impossibility and Modesty
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3. Structural Descriptions of Cases and Standard Consequentialism 3. Structural Descriptions of Cases and Standard Consequentialism
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3.1. The Logical Structure of Cases 3.1. The Logical Structure of Cases
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3.2. Standard Consequentialism and the Ubiquity of Fault Lines 3.2. Standard Consequentialism and the Ubiquity of Fault Lines
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3.3. Nonneutral Grounds 3.3. Nonneutral Grounds
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3.4. Modest Grounds 3.4. Modest Grounds
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3.5. Depth 3.5. Depth
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4. Further Dimensions of Depth 4. Further Dimensions of Depth
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4.1. Basic Resources 4.1. Basic Resources
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4.2. Generalizing 4.2. Generalizing
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4.3. Some Relations between the Choice Points and Fault Lines 4.3. Some Relations between the Choice Points and Fault Lines
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4.4. Further Generalizations 4.4. Further Generalizations
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4.5. The Principles 4.5. The Principles
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5. Conclusion 5. Conclusion
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Appendix Appendix
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References References
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4 Fault Lines in Ethical Theory
Get accessShyam Nair is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. He is primarily interested in issues in ethics, epistemology, and philosophical logic. His research focuses on formal and philosophical questions at the intersection of these fields concerning how best to model what we ought to do, what we ought to believe, and how we ought to reason.
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Published:08 October 2020
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Abstract
The verdicts that standard consequentialism gives about what we are obligated to do crucially depend on what theory of value the consequentialist accepts. This makes it hard to say what separates standard consequentialist theories from nonconsequentialist theories. This article discusses how we can draw sharp lines separating standard consequentialist theories from other theories and what assumptions about goodness we must make in order to draw these lines. The discussion touches on cases of deontic constraints, cases of deontic options, and cases involved in the so-called actualism/possibilism debate. What emerges is that there are various interesting patterns relating the different commitments of consequentialism, different principles about obligation and about goodness, and different rules concerning how facts about values determine facts about obligation.
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