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  • The ethics of harming 

    Joseph, Joel (2024-12-04) - Thesis
    Commonsense morality rejects an unqualified requirement to promote the overall good. Moral constraints prohibit you from bringing about the overall good. For example, you seem morally required to save five people over one. ...

  • Making transformative decisions 

    Randell, Petronella Ruth (2024-12-04) - Thesis
    This thesis investigates the question of whether we can make transformative decisions rationally. The first chapter introduces and explores the nature of transformative experiences: what are they, and how do they bring ...

  • The necessity of respect in Kant's moral theory : the role and ramifications of 'Achtung' 

    Richmond, Lucy (University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - Thesis
    Within Kant’s moral theory, this at least is clear: without a capacity for a unique type of feeling - respect for the law (Achtung fürs Gesetz) - finite and imperfectly rational beings (such as human beings) would find ...

  • No tears for spilt milk : temporal neutrality and the rationality of future-bias 

    Nguyen, Anh-Quân (University of St Andrews, 2021-06-28) - Thesis
    Temporal neutrality has become widely accepted as a rational requirement for agents, due to recent arguments from Sullivan (2018), Greene and Sullivan (2015), Dougherty (2011, 2015) and Brink (2010), which build on older ...

  • Supersubstantival composition as identity 

    Manuel, Travis (University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - Thesis
    The most popular form of supersubstantivalism claims that each material object is identical to its location. Composition as Identity (CAI) claims that each material object is identical to its parts taken together. These ...

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