I analyze recent discussions about making moral decisions under normative uncertainty. I discuss whether this kind of uncertainty should have practical consequences for decisions and whether there are reliable methods of reasoning that deal with the possibility that we are wrong about some moral issues. I defend a limited use of the decision theory model of reasoning in cases of normative uncertainty

Żuradzki, Tomasz

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Meta-Reasoning in Making Moral Decisions Under Normative Uncertainty

In my paper I analyze recent discussions about making moral decisions under normative uncertainty. I discuss whether this kind of uncertainty should have practical consequences for decisions and whether there are reliable methods of reasoning that deal with the possibility that we are wrong about some moral issues. I use some examples from the ethics of war and I defend a limited use of the decision theory model of reasoning in cases of normative uncertainty

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