The ideal worlds objection

Rumbold, Benedict

Abstract

The Ideal Worlds objection is an objection that purports to identify a potentially fatal flaw in some of our most influential moral theories: including, among others, rule consequentialism, Kant's Law of Nature Formula of the Categorical Imperative and Scanlonian contractualism. In this article, I offer an account of the objection, a survey of some of the ways defenders of affected theories have sought to avoid it, and the problems that those responses can encounter.

Citation

Rumbold, B. (2024). The ideal worlds objection. Philosophy Compass, 19(9-10), Article e70001. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.70001

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 21, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Oct 9, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-10
• Deposit Date: Oct 21, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 22, 2024
• Journal: Philosophy Compass
• Electronic ISSN: 1747-9991
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 9-10
• Article Number: e70001
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.70001
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/40705644
• Publisher URL: https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phc3.70001