McNaughton and Rawling on the Agent-relative/Agent-neutral Distinction

Douglas W Portmore

Utilitas, 2001, vol. 13, issue 3, 350-356

Abstract: In this paper, I criticize David McNaughton and Piers Rawling's formalization of the agent-relative/agent-neutral distinction. I argue that their formalization is unable to accommodate an important ethical distinction between two types of conditional obligations. I then suggest a way of revising their formalization so as to fix the problem.

Date: 2001
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