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Recklessness and Uncertainty: Jackson Cases and Merely Apparent Asymmetry

In: Journal of Moral Philosophy
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Claire Field University of St Andrews, PhD Student Arché Philosophical Research Centre, claire.a.field@gmail.com

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Is normative uncertainty like factual uncertainty? Should it have the same effects on our actions? Some have thought not. Those who defend an asymmetry between normative and factual uncertainty typically do so as part of the claim that our moral beliefs in general are irrelevant to both the moral value and the moral worth of our actions (Weatherson 2014; Harman 2015). Here I use the consideration of Jackson cases to challenge this view, arguing that we can explain away the apparent asymmetries between normative and factual uncertainty by considering the particular features of the cases in greater detail. Such consideration shows that, in fact, normative and factual uncertainty are equally relevant to moral assessment.

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