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You Should Have Known Better, Bailey Kuklin
Introduction: Fifteenth Anniversary Of The Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Program, Elizabeth M. Schneider
Introduction: Fifteenth Anniversary Of The Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Program, Elizabeth M. Schneider
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On The Socratic Maxim, Joseph Raz
On The Socratic Maxim, Joseph Raz
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Many years ago John Finnis and I became interested in the Socratic view that it is better to suffer wrong than to do it. My interest was triggered by Anselm Müller's lecture on the subject given at Balliol at that time. Finnis discussed the issue in his Fundamentals of Ethics, where Müller's influence on him is acknowledged. At the time John Finnis and I debated the maxim and had a lengthy correspondence about it, but we did not convince each other. Now when I return to the issue, I can no longer remember the position I then took, except …
The Moral Opacity Of Utilitarianism, David B. Lyons
The Moral Opacity Of Utilitarianism, David B. Lyons
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Utilitarians sometimes suggest that their moral theory has an advantage over competing theories in basing moral judgements on the consequences of conduct. As its dictates are determined by empirically determinable facts, it offers a procedure for settling moral controversies on objective grounds. One need not appeal, for example, to the dubious authority of ‘moral intuitions’.
Claims like these are subject to familiar objections at various levels. I shall mention a representative sample and then focus on more serious difficulties stemming from aspects of utilitarianism that I believe have not been fully enough explored.