Motive and Right Action |
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Authors: | Liezl van Zyl |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | Some philosophers believe that a change in motive alone is sometimes sufficient to bring about a change in the deontic status
(rightness or wrongness) of an action. I refer to this position as ‘weak motivism’, and distinguish it from ‘strong’ and ‘partial
motivism’. I examine a number of cases where our intuitive judgements appear to support the weak motivist’s thesis, and argue
that in each case an alternative explanation can be given for why a change in motive brings about (or, in some cases, appears
to bring about) a change in deontic status. |
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