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292When a Free Act Costs a Motive: Clearing Consequentialism of ConflictUtilitas 35 (1): 25-39. 2023.Consequentialist theories that directly assess multiple focal points face an important objection: that one right option may conflict with another. Robert Adams raises an instance of this objection regarding the possibility that the right act conflicts with the right motives. Whereas only partial responses have previously been given, assuming particular views of the relation between motives and acts, an exhaustive treatment is in order. Either motives psychologically determine acts, or they do no…Read more
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Princeton UniversityUniversity Center for Human Values
Department of PhilosophyPostdoctoral Research Associate
Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Motivation |
Moral Pluralism |
Ought Implies Can |
Alienation |
Self-Effacingness of Consequentalism |