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Paper   IPM / Philosophy / 13379
School of Analytic Philosophy
  Title:   Intention and Permissibility
  Author(s):  Amir Saemi
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Ethical Perspectives
  No.:  1
  Vol.:  16
  Year:  2009
  Pages:   81-101
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
There are two kinds of view in the literature concerning the relevance of intention to permissibility. While subjectivism assumes that an agent acts permissibly if he or she believes that the conduct is necessary for a moral purpose, for objectivism the de facto presence of an objective reason to justify one’s deeds is what matters. Recently, Scanlon and Hanser defend a moderate version of objectivism and subjectivism, respectively. Although I have a degree of sympathy toward both views, I will argue that the truth lies somewhere in between. The view that I suggest in this paper hopefully occupies a space between subjectivism and objectivism and can accommodate the intuitions that neither of those views cannot account for.
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