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dc.contributor.authorPummer, Theron
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T23:34:14Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T23:34:14Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-15
dc.identifier257610308
dc.identifier0c9d61f5-2846-432f-a3c5-03741b8d96f7
dc.identifier000468110700002
dc.identifier85068133606
dc.identifier.citationPummer , T 2019 , ' All or nothing, but if not all, next best or nothing ' , Journal of Philosophy , vol. 116 , no. 5 , pp. 278-291 . https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2019116518en
dc.identifier.issn0022-362X
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-0147-9917/work/69029351
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/19871
dc.description.abstractSuppose two children face a deadly threat. You can either do nothing, save one child by sacrificing your arms, or save both by sacrificing your arms. Here are two plausible claims: first, it is permissible to do nothing; second, it is wrong to save only one. Joe Horton argues that the combination of these two claims has the implausible implication that if you are not going to save both children, you ought to save neither. This is one instance of what he calls the ALL OR NOTHING PROBLEM. I here present CONDITIONAL PERMISSIONS as the solution. Although saving only one child is wrong, it can be conditionally permissible, that is, permissible given what you are not going to do. You ought to save both children or save neither, but if you are not going to save both, you ought to do the next best thing (save one) or save neither.
dc.format.extent640683
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Philosophyen
dc.subjectB Philosophy (General)en
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subject.lccB1en
dc.titleAll or nothing, but if not all, next best or nothingen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Gooden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairsen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Philosophyen
dc.identifier.doi10.5840/jphil2019116518
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2020-05-01


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