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Abstract
This dissertation explores whether or not a person's genuine moral duties can conflict with another's. I argue that such conflicts are possible in non-consequentialist moral theories. First, I argue that moral duties may conflict without signaling an inconsistency in the theory that engenders them. I argue that conflicts of duties will nevertheless be rare. Second, I give an account of the types of moral duties that people have that are capable of conflicting. I argue that the types of duties that are prone to conflict will be generated by social institutions. I argue that the moral principle of fairness can explain why we have the institutionally-generated duties that are prone to conflicting.
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Title
The possibility of interagent conflict
Author
Taylor, Erin Powell
Year
2008
ISBN
978-0-549-84087-9
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
304653322
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
