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Aggregation and Two Moral Methods

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I begin by reconsidering the arguments of John Taurek and Elizabeth Anscombe on whether the number of people we can help counts morally. I then consider arguments that numbers should count given by F. M. Kamm and Thomas Scanlon, and criticism of them by Michael Otsuka. I examine how different conceptions of the moral method known as pairwise comparison are at work in these different arguments and what the ideas of balancing and tie-breaking signify for decision-making in various types of cases. I conclude by considering how another moral method that I call virtual divisibility functions and what it helps reveal about an argument by Otsuka against those who do not think numbers count.

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  • Kamm, F. M., 2005. "Aggregation and Two Moral Methods," Utilitas, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(1), pages 1-23, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:utilit:v:17:y:2005:i:01:p:1-23_00
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