Degrees and Dimensions of Rightness: Reflections on Martin Petersons Dimensions of Consequentialism
Martin Peterson argues for two interesting and appealing claims: multi-dimensionalism and degrees of rightness. Multi-dimensionalism is the view that more than one factor determines whether an act is right. According to Petersons multi-dimensionalism, these factors are not simply ways of achieving...
| Published in: | Ethical theory and moral practice |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2016]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
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| RelBib Classification: | NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Prima facie rightness
B Degrees of wrong B Book review B Multi-dimensionalism |
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| Summary: | Martin Peterson argues for two interesting and appealing claims: multi-dimensionalism and degrees of rightness. Multi-dimensionalism is the view that more than one factor determines whether an act is right. According to Petersons multi-dimensionalism, these factors are not simply ways of achieving some greater aggregate good. Degrees of rightness is the view that some actions are more wrong or less right than others without being entirely wrong. It is of course, compatible with this, that some actions are right or wrong to a maximal degree, or entirely right or wrong. Multi-dimensionalism and degrees are taken to be intertwined. On Petersons view, if there were only one dimension, we wouldnt need degrees; where only one dimension applies, an act is entirely right or entirely wrong. Peterson claims that degrees of rightness or wrongness arise only because there are multi-dimensions, and that an act cannot be entirely right if it is wrong on some dimension. I shall argue against both of these claims. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "The Dimensions of Consequentialism (2016)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-015-9661-x |