CHRISTOPHER WOODARD CHRISTOPHER.WOODARD@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Moral & Political Philosophy
What Pedro could do
Woodard, Christopher
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Abstract
This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case. One approach suggests that Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the importance of what Jim does; it fails to understand the significance of Jim's agency. This paper favours an alternative diagnosis, according to which Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the importance of what Pedro could do; it fails to understand the significance of Pedro's agency.
Citation
Woodard, C. (2007). What Pedro could do. University of Nottingham
Book Type | Monograph |
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Publication Date | Oct 11, 2007 |
Deposit Date | Oct 30, 2007 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 30, 2007 |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | Consequentialism, doing and allowing, Jim and the Indians |
Public URL | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/648 |
Copyright Statement | Copyright information regarding this work can be found at the following address: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/end_user_agreement.pdf |
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