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

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 a... Read More about The ideal worlds objection.

Does the Patterned View Avoid the Ideal Worlds Objection? (2024)
Journal Article
Rumbold, B. (2024). Does the Patterned View Avoid the Ideal Worlds Objection?. Utilitas, 36(2), 130-147. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0953820824000037

Can we formulate a moral theory that captures the moral significance of patterns of group behaviour we cannot affect through our own action while at the same time avoiding the so-called ‘Ideal Worlds’ objection? In a recent article, Caleb Perl has ar... Read More about Does the Patterned View Avoid the Ideal Worlds Objection?.