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Morally Permissible Moral Mistakes

Author(s): Harman, Elizabeth

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dc.contributor.authorHarman, Elizabeth-
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-25T14:49:53Z-
dc.date.available2022-01-25T14:49:53Z-
dc.date.issued2016-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationHarman, Elizabeth. "Morally permissible moral mistakes." Ethics 126, no. 2 (2016): 366-393.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0014-1704-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1vx0627v-
dc.description.abstractDoes it ever happen that there are things we shouldn’t do and the reasons we shouldn’t do them are moral reasons, yet doing them is not morally wrong? Surprisingly, yes. I argue for a category that has not been recognized by moral theorists: morally permissible moral mistakes. Sometimes (but far from always) a supererogatory action is the thing a person should do; in failing to act, one makes a morally permissible moral mistake. Recognizing the category of morally permissible moral mistakes solves a puzzle about supererogation, expands the universe of possible moral views, and shows some apparently inconsistent moral views to be consistent.en_US
dc.format.extent366 - 393en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEthicsen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. This is an open access article.en_US
dc.titleMorally Permissible Moral Mistakesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1086/683539-
dc.identifier.eissn1539-297X-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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