Morality and Diachronic Choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079087 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chrisoula Andreou (0000-0003-4860-8704, University of Utah, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.70027 |
| OpenAlex | W4408307178 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
The guiding aim of this piece is to illuminate the topic of morality and diachronic choice by revealing its connections to two closely related topics that have received significantly more attention in philosophy, namely that of morality and collective action problems and that of rationality and diachronic choice. A further, related aim is to chime in on a key point of contention relevant to debates on morality and diachronic choice that centers around the marginalized but, in my view, compelling idea that appropriate diachronic choice can involve passing up a preferable option. Ultimately, I will suggest that, although the idea is initially counterintuitive, it is philosophically powerful and very much worthy of continued investigation. Relatedly, I will consider the possibility of preferability cycles-which can, if they exist, make sense of passing up a preferable option-and suggest that there remain reasons for pause in relation to the widespread rejection of such cycles
Epistemology · Morality · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
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Relevance and Nonbinary Choices
Consequentialism and the Problem of Collective Harm
Outlines of a Formal Theory of Value, I
Rational Resolve
Vague Projects and the Puzzle of the Self-Torturer
Comparing Harms
Do I Make a Difference
A Continuum Argument for Intransitivity
On Limited Aggregation
Collective harm and the inefficacy problem
| Highly cited | No |
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