What Pedro could do

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Woodard, Christopher (2007) What Pedro could do. Other. University of Nottingham, Nottingham. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case. One approach suggests that Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the importance of what Jim does; it fails to understand the significance of Jim's agency. This paper favours an alternative diagnosis, according to which Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the importance of what Pedro could do; it fails to understand the significance of Pedro's agency.

Item Type: Monograph (Other)
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/704350
Keywords: Consequentialism, doing and allowing, Jim and the Indians
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Arts > School of Humanities > Department of Philosophy
Depositing User: Woodard, Christopher
Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2007 14:11
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 16:27
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/648

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