Cruel Intentions and Evil Deeds

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What it means for an action to have moral worth, and what is required this be the case, subject of continued controversy. Some argue that agent performs a morally worthy if only they do because right. Others which features make These theorists, though oppose one another, share something important in common. They focus almost exclusively on worth right actions. But there negatively valenced counterpart attaches wrong actions, we will call counterworth. In paper, explore counterworth actions order shed new light nature worth. Contrary theorists both camps, more than kind motivation can affect

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عنوان ژورنال: Ergo

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['2330-4014']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.2621