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61Conflict, Regret, and Modern Moral PhilosophyIn Thom Brooks (ed.), New Waves in Ethics, . 2011.I begin this paper by discussing the difference between outweighing and canceling in conflicts of normativity. I then introduce a thought experiment that I call Crash Drive,and I use it to explain the nature of a certain kind of moral conflict as well as the appropriate emotional response – regret – on the part of the primary agent in this case. Having done this, I turn to a line of criticism opened by Bernard Williams and recently expanded by Jonathan Dancy according to which archetypal examp…Read more
Leonard Kahn
Loyola University, New Orleans
US Naval Academy
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Loyola University, New OrleansDepartment of Philosophy
College of Arts & SciencesAssociate Professor -
US Naval AcademyVisiting scholar
APA Central Division
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics, Miscellaneous |
Biomedical Ethics |
Environmental Ethics |
Technology Ethics |
PhilPapers Editorships
Moral Judgment |
Amoralists |
Internalism and Externalism about Moral Judgment |
Moral Judgment, Misc |