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Truth And Consequences - Draft - 01-07-1993, Wendy J. Gordon
Truth And Consequences - Draft - 01-07-1993, Wendy J. Gordon
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Rather, he seeks to extract something from the victim that is properly the victim's, usually money, or to make the victim do something (e.g., sleep with him) that is ordinarily a behavior that the victim is at liberty not to engage in. The missing "rights" that Murphy seeks are therefore present and fairly uncontroversial: the rights not to have one's goods intentionally taken, or have one's liberty intentionally infringed, without justification. It is irrelevant whether or not it would be proper for the blackmailer to disclose the information, and thus destroy something the victim may value at a price even …
Blackmail: Deontology - 1993, Wendy J. Gordon
Blackmail: Deontology - 1993, Wendy J. Gordon
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The basic logic of my deontologic approach is this.