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Securing Obligations: A Reply to Hindriks.
- Source :
- Erasmus Journal for Philosophy & Economics; Summer2024, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p296-309, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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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 :
- VERDICTS
OBJECTIONS (Evidence)
Subjects
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