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Solving the ideal worlds problem

Perl, Caleb Herman
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Perl, Caleb Herman
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I introduce a new formulation of rule consequentialism, defended as an improvement on traditional formulations. My new formulation cleanly avoids what Parfit calls “ideal world” objections. I suggest that those objections arise because traditional formulations incorporate counterfactual comparisons about how things could go differently. My new formulation eliminates those counterfactual comparisons. Part of the interest of the new formulation is as a model of how to reformulate structurally similar views, including various kinds of contractualism.
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2021
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Journal article
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Ethics
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132
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1
Page Range
89-126
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School of Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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National School of Philosophy
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14802/1180
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10.1086/715289
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