Farewell to arms? The all-or-nothing problem again

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Joe Horton’s all-or-nothing problem concerns a situation in which it is morally permissible to do nothing and to save two people but not to save only one. This description seems to entail that we should do nothing rather than save only one. I object to Horton’s solution and challenge a principle he draws attention to, which is required to generate the problem but which Horton regards as beyond dispute.

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Terence Rajivan Edward
University of Manchester (PhD)

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The All or Nothing Problem.Joe Horton - 2017 - Journal of Philosophy 114 (2):94-104.
All or Nothing, but If Not All, Next Best or Nothing.Theron Pummer - 2019 - Journal of Philosophy 116 (5):278-291.
Future generations: Further problems.Derek Parfit - 1982 - Philosophy and Public Affairs 11 (2):113-172.
Are We Conditionally Obligated to be Effective Altruists?Thomas Sinclair - 2018 - Philosophy and Public Affairs 46 (1):36-59.
Against satisficing consequentialism.Ben Bradley - 2006 - Utilitas 18 (2):97-108.

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