The procreative asymmetry and the impossibility of elusive permission
This paper develops a form of moral actualism that can explain the procreative asymmetry. Along the way, it defends and explains the attractive asymmetry: the claim that although an impermissible option can be self-conditionally permissible, a permissible option cannot be self-conditionally impermis...
Main Author: | Spencer, Jack |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2021
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132936 |
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