Wroński, Leszek (2020) Objective Consequentialism and the Plurality of Chances. [Preprint]

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Abstract

I claim that Objective Consequentialism (OC) faces a problem stemming from the existence in some situations of a plurality of chances relevant to the outcomes of an agent’s acts. I suggest that this phenomenon bears structural resemblance to the well-known Reference Class problem. I outline a few ways in which one could attempt to deal with the issue, suggesting that it is the higher-level chance that should be employed by OC.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Wroński, Leszek elwro1@gmail.com 0000-0002-7152-4544
Additional Information:	Accepted for publication in Synthese. This is the final pre-production preprint.
Keywords:	objective consequentialism, reference class problem, chance, probability
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
Depositing User:	Leszek Wronski
Date Deposited:	29 Aug 2020 03:34
Last Modified:	29 Aug 2020 03:34
Item ID:	18037
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1007/s11229-020-02851-5
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
Date:	2020
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18037

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