Citation

Horton J. Ethics 2020; 130(4): 514-529.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/708534

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Is there any number of people you should save from paralysis rather than saving one person from death? Is there any number of people you should save from a migraine rather than saving one person from death? Many people answer "yes" and "no," respectively. The aim of partially aggregative moral views is to capture and justify combinations of intuitions like these. In this article, I develop a risk-based reductio argument that shows that there can be no adequate partially aggregative view. I then argue that the only plausible response to this reductio is to accept a fully aggregative view.

Language: en