Glossary of Philosophical Terms
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absolutism The view that there are some types of action that are strictly prohibited by morality, no matter what the specific facts are in a particular case. Some have held, for example, that the intentional torturing or killing of an innocent person is morally impermissible no matter what bad consequences could be prevented by such an action. Absolutism is an especially strict kind of deontological view. It is discussed by Thomas Nagel in “War and Massacre.”
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