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The moral grounds of reasonably mistaken self-defense
Bolinger, Renée Jorgensen
Bolinger, Renée Jorgensen
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Some, but not all, of the mistakes a person makes when acting in apparently necessary self-defense are reasonable: we take them not to violate the rights of the apparent aggressor. I argue that this is explained by duties grounded in agents’ entitlements to a fair distribution of the risk of suffering unjust harm. I suggest that the content of these duties is filled in by a social signaling norm, and offer some moral constraints on the form such a norm can take.
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2021
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Journal article
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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
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103
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1
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140-156
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Dianoia Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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