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Portmore on Consequentialism & Uncertainty

By Lawrence Solum

Check out Douglas Portmore's post, Consequentialism and Uncertainty on PEA. A taste:

Let us define objective consequentialism and subjective consequentialism, respectively, as follows:
OC: S?s performing x is morally permissible if and only if, and because, there is no alternative that would produce more value than x would.

SC: S?s performing x is morally permissible if and only if, and because, there is no alternative that would produce more expected value than x would.

Philosophers, such as Frank Jackson, have argued that we should reject OC and accept instead SC.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on April 21, 2010 (boomark / email).