Making Ethics
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Byrne, Thomas![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/139134/byrne-tjbb-phd-24-2021-thesis.pdf.jpg?sequence=3&isAllowed=y)
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Hare, Caspar
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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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2021-06Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and PhilosophyPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology