Wishful Thinking in Moral Theorizing: Comment on Enoch
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| Publication date | 2011 |
| Journal | Utilitas |
| Volume | Issue number | 23 | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 447-450 |
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| Abstract | David Enoch recently defended the idea that there are valid inferences of the form ‘it would be good if p, therefore, p’. I argue that Enoch's proposal allows us to infer the absurd conclusion that ours is the best of all possible worlds. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0953820811000288
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