Feasibility as a constraint on 'ought all-things-considered', but not on 'ought as a matter of justice'?

Nicholas Southwood*

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    Abstract

    It is natural and relatively common to suppose that feasibility is a constraint on what we ought to do all-things-considered but not a constraint on what we ought to do as a matter of justice. I show that the combination of these claims entails an implausible picture of the relation between feasibility and desirability given an attractive understanding of the relation between what we ought to do as a matter of justice and what we ought to do all-things-considered.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)598-616
    Number of pages19
    JournalPhilosophical Quarterly
    Volume69
    Issue number276
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2019

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