The Thirsty Traveler and Luck-Free Moral Luck
This article is divided into three sections. In the first and second, I examine Sartorio’s account of the causal structure of the famous Thirsty Traveler thought experiment. I argue that this account does not withstand critical scrutiny. In the third, I turn to a novel kind of moral luck that Sarto...
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This article is divided into three sections. In the first and second, I examine Sartorio’s account of the causal structure of the famous Thirsty Traveler thought experiment. I argue that this account does not withstand critical scrutiny. In the third, I turn to a novel kind of moral luck that Sartorio uses the Thirsty Traveler to expose. I expand the scope of my argument to look also at other recently proposed categories of moral luck. I argue that these proposals are overhasty
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| spelling | doaj-art-483a274b96584ef6bdc7302f3d2d7c142025-01-20T18:24:15ZengVilnius University PressProblemos1392-11262424-61582024-10-0110510.15388/Problemos.2024.105.8The Thirsty Traveler and Luck-Free Moral LuckSamuel Kahn0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6597-7646Indiana University, USA This article is divided into three sections. In the first and second, I examine Sartorio’s account of the causal structure of the famous Thirsty Traveler thought experiment. I argue that this account does not withstand critical scrutiny. In the third, I turn to a novel kind of moral luck that Sartorio uses the Thirsty Traveler to expose. I expand the scope of my argument to look also at other recently proposed categories of moral luck. I argue that these proposals are overhasty https://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/33188thirsty travelermoral luckmoral responsibilitycausal responsibilitySartorio |
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| title | The Thirsty Traveler and Luck-Free Moral Luck |
| title_full | The Thirsty Traveler and Luck-Free Moral Luck |
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| title_short | The Thirsty Traveler and Luck-Free Moral Luck |
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| url | https://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/33188 |
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