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Moral uncertainty
Author(s) -
Bykvist Krister
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/phc3.12408
Subject(s) - epistemology , moral disengagement , moral dilemma , sociology , philosophy , psychology , social psychology
What should we do when we are not certain about what we morally should do? There is a long history of theorizing about decision‐making under empirical uncertainty, but surprisingly little has been written about the moral uncertainty expressed by this question. Only very recently have philosophers started to systematically address the nature of such uncertainty and its impacts on decision‐making. This paper addresses the main problems raised by moral uncertainty and critically examines some proposed solutions.