As we face the accelerating challenges of climate change, wars, and mass poverty, many grapple with moral dilemmas that pull between personal well-being and broader societal ethical obligations.
The Profoundest Problem in Ethics
The Profoundest Problem in Ethics
Handling Practical Reasons in Conflict (PROFOUND)

Principal investigators

Mathea Slåttholm Sagdahl

Abstract
PROFOUND addresses a fundamental problem in ethics: conflicts between moral and prudential reasons. The Standard View is that one can resolve such conflicts by comparing the relative strengths of reasons, and by this type of weighing determine what we ought to do all things considered. However, little work has been done to tell us in what way, if any, such comparisons can be made and weights assigned. PROFOUND will challenge the Standard View and the weighing model for determining what we ought to do. PROFOUND will also be constructively concerned to examine and provide alternatives to the Standard View.
Fellows


David Copp


Fredrik Nyseth


Affiliated researchers
Vuko
Andrić
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