What Pedro could do

This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case. One approach suggests that Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the importance of what Jim does; it fails to under...

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Main Author: Woodard, Christopher
Format: Monograph
Published: University of Nottingham 2007
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/648/
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description This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case. One approach suggests that Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the importance of what Jim does; it fails to understand the significance of Jim's agency. This paper favours an alternative diagnosis, according to which Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the importance of what Pedro could do; it fails to understand the significance of Pedro's agency.
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spelling nottingham-6482020-05-04T16:27:05Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/648/ What Pedro could do Woodard, Christopher This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case. One approach suggests that Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the importance of what Jim does; it fails to understand the significance of Jim's agency. This paper favours an alternative diagnosis, according to which Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the importance of what Pedro could do; it fails to understand the significance of Pedro's agency. University of Nottingham 2007-10-11 Monograph NonPeerReviewed Woodard, Christopher (2007) What Pedro could do. Other. University of Nottingham, Nottingham. (Unpublished) Consequentialism doing and allowing Jim and the Indians
spellingShingle Consequentialism
doing and allowing
Jim and the Indians
Woodard, Christopher
What Pedro could do
title What Pedro could do
title_full What Pedro could do
title_fullStr What Pedro could do
title_full_unstemmed What Pedro could do
title_short What Pedro could do
title_sort what pedro could do
topic Consequentialism
doing and allowing
Jim and the Indians
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/648/