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Intertheoretic value comparison: a modest proposal

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In the growing literature on decision-making under moral uncertainty, a number of skeptics have argued that there is an insuperable barrier to rational “hedging” for the risk of moral error, namely the apparent incomparability of moral reasons given by rival theories like Kantianism and utilitarianism. Various general theories of intertheoretic value comparison have been proposed to counter this objection, but each suffers from apparently fatal flaws. In this paper, I propose a more modest ap...

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10.1163/17455243-20170013

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
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Author
Publisher:
Brill Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Moral Philosophy Journal website
Volume:
15
Issue:
3
Pages:
324-344
Publication date:
2018-06-19
Acceptance date:
2017-06-15
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EISSN:
1745-5243
ISSN:
1740-4681
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1120760
Local pid:
pubs:1120760
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2020-07-23

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