Contractualism and Restrictions

Author: Shaver, Robert

Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 132, Number 2, January 2007 , pp. 293-299(7)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

T.M. Scanlon writes that deontological constraints on taking lives are to be defended “by considering what principles licensing others to take our lives could be reasonably rejected.” I argue that Scanlon can offer no such defence of deontological constraints.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-005-2219-3

Affiliations: 1: Email: bshaver@cc.umanitoba.ca

Publication date: 2007-01-01