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- Title
The Constraint Against Doing Harm and Long-Term Consequences.
- Authors
Unruh, Charlotte Franziska
- Abstract
Many people hold the constraint against doing harm, the view that the reason against doing harm is stronger than the reason against merely allowing harm, everything else being equal. Mogensen and MacAskill (2021) have recently argued that when considering indirect long-term consequences of our everyday behavior, the constraint against doing harm faces a problem: it has the absurd implication that we should do as little as possible in our lives. In this paper, I explore the view that, for behavior that does not increase anyone's ex ante risk of suffering harm, the reason against doing harm is not stronger than the reason against merely allowing harm, everything else being equal. I argue that this view is plausible, show how it solves the paralysis problem, and defend it against objections.
- Subjects
CONSTRAINT satisfaction; HARM (Ethics); CONSEQUENTIALISM (Ethics); ENDS &; means; HYPOTHESIS; PRESUPPOSITION (Logic); MORAL attitudes
- Publication
Journal of Moral Philosophy, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 3/4, p290
- ISSN
1740-4681
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/17455243-20223642