TY - JOUR
T1 - Epistemic deontology, epistemic trade-offs, and Kant’s formula of humanity
AU - Andow, James
PY - 2023/1/26
Y1 - 2023/1/26
N2 - An epistemic deontology modelled on Kant's ethics---in particular the humanity formula of the categorical imperative---is a promising alternative to epistemic consequentialism because it can forbid intuitively impermissible epistemic trade-offs which epistemic consequentialism seems doomed to permit and, most importantly, it can do so in a way that is not ad hoc.
AB - An epistemic deontology modelled on Kant's ethics---in particular the humanity formula of the categorical imperative---is a promising alternative to epistemic consequentialism because it can forbid intuitively impermissible epistemic trade-offs which epistemic consequentialism seems doomed to permit and, most importantly, it can do so in a way that is not ad hoc.
KW - Consequentialism
KW - Deontology
KW - Epistemic normativity
KW - Epistemic trade-offs
KW - Epistemology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85146903542&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11229-023-04043-3
DO - 10.1007/s11229-023-04043-3
M3 - Article
VL - 201
JO - Synthese
JF - Synthese
SN - 0039-7857
M1 - 47
ER -