What we together ought to do

Dietz, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2469-2227 2016. What we together ought to do. Ethics 126 (4) , pp. 955-982. 10.1086/686002

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Abstract

I argue that we have not only individual reasons for action but also collective reasons for action: reasons which apply to us as a group. I next argue that if we together have a reason to act, then I may have a reason to do my part, but only when others will do theirs. Finally, I argue that collective reasons to do good can never make a difference to what individuals ought to do, but that other kinds of reasons can.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
ISSN:	0014-1704
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 September 2018
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 21:58
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/114821

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