Should Contractualists Decompose
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6325572 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kerah Gordon‐solmon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 259-287 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy & Public Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-3915 • E-ISSN: 1088-4963 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/papa.12146 |
| OpenAlex | W2989103989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Should Contractualists Decompose?I Contractualist moral theory says an act is permissible just in case the principle licensing it cannot reasonably be rejected by any relevant party.The relevant parties are all of those for whom the principle has implications; i.e., those who will potentially be benefitted or burdened by acts the principle permits.The standard of reasonable rejectability is oftentimes specified by the Greater Burden Standard 1 : It would be unreasonable to reject a principle because it imposed a burden on you when every alternative principle would impose much greater burdens on others [at least one person].Here is a sample of contractualist reasoning in a banal context.A city has several main throughways in need of repair, a process that will take several months.They could either pursue repairs in the summer, inconveniencing and aggravating many tourists.Or they could wait until winter, subjecting downtown workers to bad-weather side-street commutes, in reduced daylight: a greater and more vexatious inconvenience.Suppose that greater numbers of tourists than downtown workers would
Citation · Descendant · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Sociology · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |