Setiya on Consequentialism and Constraints
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Abstract It is widely held that agent-neutral consequentialism incompatible with deontic constraints. Recently, Kieran Setiya has challenged this orthodoxy by presenting a form of he claims can capture In reply, we argue against Setiya's proposal pointing to features constraints his account fails capture.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Utilitas
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1741-6183', '0953-8208']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0953820821000121