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Making Ethics

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Author(s)
Byrne, Thomas
Advisor(s)
Hare, Caspar
Date Issued
June 2021
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
A window broke and Annie was involved. What’s of moral importance in a situation like this? Not whether Annie caused the window to break and not whether the window wouldn’t have broken if it weren’t for Annie. What’s morally important is whether Annie broke the window. In this thesis, I first generalise and argue for that claim; afterwards, I put it to work in ethics, applied ethics, and legal theory.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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