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Problems of Dirty Hands as a Species of Moral Conflicts

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Authors

Kramer, Matthew H 

Abstract

Every problem of dirty hands is a moral conflict, but not every moral conflict is a problem of dirty hands. Every problem of dirty hands involves the prospect of evil conduct–conduct which will be evil if undertaken at all or which would be evil if undertaken in the absence of a searing moral dilemma–whereas not every moral conflict involves the prospect of evil conduct. To support and clarify the claims in the preceding two sentences, this paper will need to elucidate the nature of moral conflicts and the nature of evil.

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Keywords

dirty hands, moral conflicts, evil, sadism, callousness, moral duties

Journal Title

The Monist

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Journal ISSN

0026-9662
2153-3601

Volume Title

101

Publisher

Oxford University Press