The Varieties of Prudence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21293725 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simone Gubler (0000-0002-3677-8709, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 828-841 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australasian Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-8402 • E-ISSN: 1470-6828 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00048402.2024.2338365 |
| OpenAlex | W4396675437 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
We sometimes face personal choices that are so momentous they appear to give rise to an intrapersonal analogue to the non-identity problem. Where the non-identity problem presents as a problem for morality, the intrapersonal analogue presents as a problem for prudence. The analogy has been explored recently by Das and Paul, and although, as this paper argues, their analysis fails—there is no intrapersonal analogue for the non-identity problem—it functions to highlight a persistent and perplexing puzzle for prudential rationality. This paper offers its own explanation: namely, that the phenomena that motivate the purported intrapersonal problem are better accounted for by conceiving prudence as disjunctive. To this end, I sketch a theory of two varieties of prudence
Epistemology · Prudence · Law in Society and Culture · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Derek Parfit’s Reasons and Persons
The Non-Identity Problem and the Ethics of Future People
Well‐being and Time
The Oxford Handbook of Reasons and Normativity
The View from everywhere
Obligations to Future Generations
Must God Create the Best
Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility
The Role of Well‐Being
A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |