When an Action is an Intentional Omission
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I use the normative theory of intentional omissions to argue that ordinary uses of ‘ s intentionally’ are systematically ambiguous. There are occasions where they might be used to attribute intentional omissions rather than intentional actions. One can thus explain a number of puzzles that have been taken to be puzzles about the concept of intentional action: the Knobe effect, the connection between foresight and intentionality (in legal contexts), the Butler problem, the compatibility of moral luck with intentionality, the requirement of ability to do otherwise, the intentionality of akrasia.
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