Resultant moral luck occurs whenever aspects of an agent's moral responsibility are affected by luck pertaining to the outcomes of their actions. Many authors reject the existence of moral luck in this sense, but they do so in different ways. Michael Zimmerman argues that resultant luck affects ...
Morality, Moral Luck and Responsibility: Fortune's Web Acknowledgements Abbreviations, Sources and Translations Introduction PART 1: MORAL LUCK Introduction Luck Moral Luck: Examples Moral Luck: A Definition? Conclusion A Note on Style PART 2: ARISTOTLE ON CONSTITUTIVE LUCK Preliminaries Con... N Atha...
Neutral moral responsibility is the bland spot in between. My examples will be mostly concerned with blameworthiness, but I take the points I'm making to apply to moral responsibility more generally. Second, it depends on the kind of hypological evaluation we are interested in. A standard ...
This paper argues that the possibility of "Resultant Moral Luck" (RML), i.e. the idea that we can be morally responsible and praise- or blameworthy for outcomes of our actions even if they are not under our control, hinges on the question of how to understand the principle "Ought ...
Th is paper argues that the possibility of "Resultant Moral Luck" (RML), i.e. the idea that we can be morally responsible and praise- or blameworthy for outcomes of our actions even if they are not under our control, hinges on the question of how to understand the principle "Ought ...
How to Reject Resultant Moral Luck AloneMany think that resultant moral luck does not exist, because we cannot be blamed more or less depending on facts that are entirely beyond our control. The problSocial Science Electronic Publishing
How to Reject Resultant Moral Luck Alonedoi:10.1007/s10790-015-9531-8Eduardo Rivera Lopez
The puzzle of resultant moral luck arises when we are disposed to think that an agent who caused a harm deserves to be blamed more than an otherwise identical agent who did not. One popular (but controversial) perspective on resultant moral luck explains our dispositions to produce different ...
LibertarianismMoral CharacterMoral LuckMoral ResponsibilityAlternative PossibilitiesMartin Luther affirms his theological position by saying "Here I stand. I can do no other." Supposing that Luther's claim is true, he lacks alternative possibilities at the moment of choice. Even so,......
However, rejecting all kinds of moral luck is a bold and implausible move. My goal is to take some initial steps in defense of the motto: circumstantial (and all other kinds of antecedent) moral luck, Yes; resultant moral luck, No. My argument does not amount to proof that resultant ...