Are violations of rights ever right?
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The 'violation minimization' concept argues that there are several circumstances wherein an individual is allowed to violate constraints to prevent bigger violations. The constraints may be classified as 'self-defeating constraints' and 'Pareto-inferior constraints.' These concepts of nonviolation and inviolability are discussed extensively in the works of Thomas Nagel and Frances Kamm.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1998
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Philosophical intuitions and psychological theory
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Philosophical thought experiments are being utilized by epistemologists and ethicists to uncover norms that are not revealed in naturally-occurring situations. A good example is Warren Quinn's Rescue Dilemmas wherein the 'Doctrine of Doing and Allowing' is expounded. This type of a thought experiment can only qualify as reasoning if it is subjected to standards of correctness.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1998
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