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Doubts about Dutilitarianism
Umeå universitet, Humanistiska fakulteten, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier.ORCID-id: 0000-0001-9093-3995
2025 (engelsk)Inngår i: Asian Journal of Philosophy, E-ISSN 2731-4642, Vol. 4, nr 1, artikkel-id 64Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
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Peterson presents a new hybrid ethical theory in his paper “Dutilitarianism.” As the name suggests, the theory is a mixture of Utilitarianism and Duty ethics. Its main motivation is that it will improve on both. In my commentary, I raise some doubts about this idea. One problem is that Dutilitarianism will not have morally acceptable implications: it will classify some wrong acts as right. Another problem is that it cannot provide any plausible explanation for its verdicts: a believable combination of utilitarian and Kantian explanations for why right acts are right does not seem to fit dutilitarian verdicts. A third problem is that the formula that Peterson suggests for calculating dutilitarian degrees of rightness is unhelpful: it cannot be used to compare acts that are partly right in different ways. A fourth problem is that Dutilitarianism is needlessly complex: it uses degrees of rightness, rather than the standard binary rightness, but this invention neither reflects the potential complexities of rightness grounds nor helps us decide what to do.

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Springer Nature, 2025. Vol. 4, nr 1, artikkel-id 64
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Dutilitarianism, Utilitarianism, Duty ethics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-239398DOI: 10.1007/s44204-025-00286-8Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105007070273OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-239398DiVA, id: diva2:1962519
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