The Burdens of Morality
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Authors
Dougherty, Tom
Abstract
jats:pA classic objection to act-consequentialism is that it is overdemanding: it requires agents to bear too many costs for the sake of promoting the impersonal good. I develop the complementary objection that act-consequentialism is underdemanding: it fails to acknowledge that agents have moral reasons to bear certain costs themselves, evenwhen itwould be impersonally better for others to bear these costs.</jats:p>
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Keywords
act-consequentialism, demandingness, burdens, options, impersonal
Journal Title
Thought: A Journal of Philosophy
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Journal ISSN
2161-2234
Volume Title
5
Publisher
Philosophy Documentation Center