Pettit's Non-iteration Constraint
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12228750 |
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| Authors | Sean McAleer (University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-64 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Utilitas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0953-8208 • E-ISSN: 1741-6183 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0953820807002907 |
| OpenAlex | W1991734934 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
I discuss Philip Pettit's argument that appreciation is not a proper response to value because it fails to satisfy the non-iteration constraint, according to which, where V is a value and R is a response to value, R -ing V must not be distinct from R -ing R -ing V. After motivating the non-iteration constraint and conceding that appreciation fails to satisfy the constraint, I argue that the consequentialist's preferred response to value, promotion , also violates the constraint, leaving Pettit with a dilemma: if he insists on the constraint, then promotion is not a proper response to value; if he does not insist on the constraint, then his argument against appreciation as a proper response to value fails
Argument (complex analysis · Constraint (computer-aided design · Dilemma · Epistemology · Mathematical economics · Political science · Promotion (chess · Value (mathematics · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Free Will and Agency · Law · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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