Abstract: According to objective consequentialism, a morally right action is one that has the best consequences. (These are not just the immediate consequences of the actions, but the long-term consequences, perhaps until the end of history.) I will argue that on one understanding this makes no sense, and on another understanding, it has a startling metaphysical presupposition concerning […]
Philosophy Colloquium – Dr. Alan Hájek: ‘Consequentialism, Cluelessness, Clumsiness, and Counterfactuals’