Dual-ranking act-consequentialism

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-427

  Portmore, Douglas W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Options; Self other asymmetry; Sider; Splawn; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849119887     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-006-9059-7     Document Type: Article

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