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Ex-ante deontology is an attempt to combine deontological constraints on doing or intending harm with the idea that one should act in everyone’s interest if possible. I argue that ex-ante deontology has serious problems in cases where multiple decisions are to be made over time. I then argue that these problems force us to choose between commonsense deontological morality and a more consequentialist morality. I suggest that we should choose the latter.People in SuitcasesJournal of Moral Philosophy 20 (1-2): 3-30. 2022.
Areas of Interest
| Metaphysics |
| Philosophy of Action |
| Meta-Ethics |
| Normative Ethics |
| 17th/18th Century Philosophy |
PhilPapers Editorships
| Population Ethics |