Defending the moral moderate: contractualism and common sense
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Commonsense moral reasoning must account for the concept of constraints. Some reasons that justify harming someone without that person's consent to save another may be a matter of large numbers, but this issue has yet to be settled.
Publication Name: Philosophy & Public Affairs
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0048-3915
Year: 1999
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Who can be wronged?
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Different questions concerning 'who can be wronged' are discussed. It is suggested that these should be approached, as questions that concerns the scope, and the justification for the scope, of interpersonal accountability.
Publication Name: Philosophy & Public Affairs
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0048-3915
Year: 2003
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The democracy/ contractualism analogy
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The definitions of Democracy and Contractualism analogy are discussed. Analogy theories accept that democracy tracks justice partly because citizens are motivated nonegoistically and in a morally significant way.
Publication Name: Philosophy & Public Affairs
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0048-3915
Year: 2003
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