The inescapability of moral luck. (10th December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cyr, Taylor W.
• Is Part Of: Thought. Volume 10:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 302
• Page End: 310
• Publication Date: 2021-12-10
• Subjects: blameworthiness -- character‐formation -- moral luck -- scope/degree distinction; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Logic -- Periodicals; Knowledge, Theory of -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1002/tht3.508
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2161-2234

Abstract

Abstract: I argue that any account attempting to do away with resultant or circumstantial moral luck is inconsistent with a natural response to the problem of constitutive moral luck. It is plausible to think that we sometimes contribute to the formation of our characters in such a way as to mitigate our constitutive moral luck at later times. But, as I argue here, whether or not we succeed in bringing about changes to our characters is itself a matter of resultant and circumstantial moral luck. I conclude with a dilemma, both horns of which require accepting some form of moral luck.