Should We Wish Well to All
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10344644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caspar Hare (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 451-472 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00318108-3624764 |
| OpenAlex | W2530034205 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 18 |
Some moral theories (for example, standard, “ex post” forms of egalitarianism, prioritarianism, and constraint-based deontology) tell you, in some situations in which you are interacting with a group of people, to avoid acting in the way that is expectedly best for everybody. This essay argues that such theories are mistaken. Go ahead and do what is expectedly best for everybody. The argument is based on the thought that when interacting with an individual it is fine for you to act in the expected interests of the individual and that many interactions with individuals may compose an interaction with a group
Argument (complex analysis · Consequentialism · Constraint (computer-aided design · Contemporary philosophy · Deontological ethics · Egalitarianism · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Wish · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Law · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Reasons, rationality, and opaque sweetening
The case for comparability
The procreation asymmetry asymmetry
Opaque Options
The procreative asymmetry and the impossibility of elusive permission
Infinite ethics and the limits of impartiality
Ex Ante Pareto and the Opaque-Identity Puzzle
Risks and Weak Aggregation
Relevant Claims and Causal Ramifications
Saving Fanaticism
On Ex Ante Contractualism
The Challenge for Coronavirus Vaccine Testing
Contractualism, Complaints, and Risk
The Composition of Risk
The Sequence Argument Against the Procreation Asymmetry
Getting machines to do your dirty work
Tragedy at Wittenberg
Save the five
Procedural chances and the equality of claims
Longtermism and aggregation
The Moral Evaluation of Repeated Risks
Contractualism and Risk
Risk and Rationality
The Trolley Problem
Equality and Priority
Prioritarianism and the Measure of Utility
Prioritarianism for Prospects
Prioritarianism and the Separateness of Persons
Another Defence of the Priority View
Oughts, Options, and Actualism
Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility
The Limits of Kindness
Turning the Trolley
Why It Matters That Some Are Worse Off Than Others
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |