Philosophy · Ethics & Moral Philosophy
A topic within Ethics & Moral Philosophy, itself one of 12 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.
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Bernard Williams
Argues that how we actually judge people, harsher on a driver whose negligence kills a child than on an equally negligent driver who harms no one, shows luck affects moral assessment in a way standard theories of responsibility cannot accommodate.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Thomas Nagel
Extends Williams's argument to show that almost every moral judgement we make depends on factors outside an agent's control, threatening to shrink the domain of pure moral responsibility to nothing at all.
link checked 17 Sept 2026