The Luckless and the Doomed: Contractualism on Justified Risk-Imposition
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The Luckless and the Doomed : Contractualism on Justified Risk-Imposition. / Holm, Sune Hannibal.
In: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol. 21, No. 2, 01.04.2018, p. 231-244.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Luckless and the Doomed
T2 - Contractualism on Justified Risk-Imposition
AU - Holm, Sune Hannibal
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Several authors have argued that contractualism faces a dilemma when it comes to justifying risks generated by socially valuable activities. At the heart of the matter is the question of whether contractualists should adopt an ex post or an ex ante perspective when assessing whether an action or policy is justifiable to each person. In this paper I argue for the modest conclusion that ex post contractualism is a live option notwithstanding recent criticisms raised by proponents of the ex ante perspective. I then consider how an ex post contractualist can best respond to the problem that it seems to prohibit a range of intuitively permissible and socially valuable activities.
AB - Several authors have argued that contractualism faces a dilemma when it comes to justifying risks generated by socially valuable activities. At the heart of the matter is the question of whether contractualists should adopt an ex post or an ex ante perspective when assessing whether an action or policy is justifiable to each person. In this paper I argue for the modest conclusion that ex post contractualism is a live option notwithstanding recent criticisms raised by proponents of the ex ante perspective. I then consider how an ex post contractualist can best respond to the problem that it seems to prohibit a range of intuitively permissible and socially valuable activities.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - risk
KW - Ethics
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10677-018-9882-x?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst
U2 - 10.1007/s10677-018-9882-x
DO - 10.1007/s10677-018-9882-x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 231
EP - 244
JO - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
JF - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
SN - 1386-2820
IS - 2
ER -
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