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Securing Obligations: A Reply to Hindriks.

Authors :
GUNNEMYR, MATTIAS
TOUBORG, CAROLINE TORPE
Source :
Erasmus Journal for Philosophy & Economics; Summer2024, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p296-309, 14p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

In his contribution to this special issue, Hindriks considers the Security Principle, an account of pro tanto obligations based on our account of reasons (Gunnemyr and Touborg 2023a). According to the Security Principle, you have a pro tanto obligation not to perform an action that makes a harm more secure. Hindriks raises two objections to this account. First, that it is too flexible; second, that it gives wrong verdicts when agents are robustly unwilling to act in a certain way. Here, we respond to Hindriks' objections and argue that Hindriks' account, the Threshold Principle, gives counterintuitive verdicts in preemption and low-probability cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
VERDICTS
OBJECTIONS (Evidence)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18769098
Volume :
17
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Erasmus Journal for Philosophy & Economics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
179019433
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v17i1.869