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: Legal Theory BlogSuikkanen on Progressive Consequentialism
By Lawrence Solum
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Jussi Suikkanen has a very interesting post, Progressive Consequentialism, on PEA Soup. Here is a taste:-
So, it seems like progressive consequentialism makes irrelevant considerations about the counterfactuals in which you don?t exist relevant to the rightness of your actions (as well as natural inclinations to act badly or well). I guess I cannot see any non-arbitrary way of picking the counter-factuals so as to avoid these problems. This seems like the same percentage-game as the one facing the satisficers.
Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on September 29, 2010 (boomark / email).
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