On the Range or Scope of [Moral] Action
The range or scope of [moral] action is the range or scope of deliberate action. A deliberate action is chosen. Some choices are, for various reasons, considerably more important than others – most will agree that the decision whether or not to get married is more important than whether or not or wh...
| Published in: | Nordicum-Mediterraneum |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Akureyri
2014-03-01
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| Online Access: | http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-9-no-2-2014/64-conference-paper/413-on-the-range-or-scope-of-moral-action |
| Summary: | The range or scope of [moral] action is the range or scope of deliberate action. A deliberate action is chosen. Some choices are, for various reasons, considerably more important than others – most will agree that the decision whether or not to get married is more important than whether or not or where to go on holiday – but no choice is outside the moral realm, and no choice, as Aristotle already made clear, is made in the abstract. All actual choices are made in the prevailing circumstances as they are understood by the person choosing. There are no abstract and no non-moral choices. |
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| ISSN: | 1670-6242 1670-6242 |