Brown, C. (2005) Blameless wrongdoing and agglomeration: a response to Streumer. Utilitas, 17(2), pp. 222-225. (doi: 10.1017/S0953820805001536)
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Abstract
Bart Streumer argues that a certain variety of consequentialism – he calls it ‘semi-global consequentialism’ – is false on account of its falsely implying the possibility of ‘blameless wrongdoing’. This article shows (i) that Streumer's argument is nothing new; (ii) that his presentation of the argument is misleading, since it suppresses a crucial premiss, commonly called ‘agglomeration’; and (iii) that, for all Streumer says, the proponent of semi-global consequentialism may easily resist his argument by rejecting agglomeration.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Brown, Dr Campbell |
| Authors: | Brown, C. |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
| Journal Name: | Utilitas |
| ISSN: | 0953-8208 |
| Published Online: | 15 June 2005 |
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