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Moral luck

Moral luck describes circumstances whereby a moral agent is assigned moral blame or praise for an action or its consequences, even if it is clear that said agent did not have full control over either the action or its consequences. This term, introduced by Bernard Williams, has been developed, along with its significance to a coherent moral theory, by…

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related to References · 21
Moral luck → Archived, Bernard, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Deep Control, Encyclopedias, Essays, Fischer, Free Will, ISBN, John Martin, Mortal Questions, Nagel, OCLC, Oxford, Oxford University Press, PDF, Philosophical Papers, Thomas, Value
related to Circumstantial moral luck · 8
Moral luck → But, Circumstantial, Consider Nazi, Hitler's Germany, It, Nagel's, The, They
related to The problem of moral luck · 8
Moral luck → Driver, Driver A's, Drivers, Given, However, If, The, This
related to Alternatives · 6
Moral luck → For, Since, Some, Susan Wolf, The, Wolf
related to Causal moral luck · 6
Moral luck → Causal, Dana Nelkin, It, Since, The, Thomas Nagel
related to Constitutive moral luck · 4
Moral luck → Constitutive, Furthermore, Moral, There
related to Empirical findings · 4
Moral luck → Experimental, Participants, Recent, These
related to Four types of moral luck · 2
Moral luck → Nagel, The
related to Resultant moral luck (consequential) · 2
Moral luck → In, Resultant

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