Opting for the best : oughts and options / Douglas W. Portmore.

Opting for the best : oughts and options / Douglas W. Portmore.

9780190945381 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

English

1 online resource.

BJ1595 .P835 2019

170.42

This text concerns what is, perhaps, the least controversial normative principle concerning action: you ought to perform your best option-best, that is, in terms of whatever ultimately matters. The text sets aside the question of what ultimately matters so as to focus on the following questions. What are our options? Which options do we assess directly in terms of their own goodness and which do we assess in terms of the goodness of the more encompassing options of which they're a proper part? What do we hold fixed when assessing how good an option is? Do we, for instance, hold fixed the agent's present beliefs, desires, and intentions? And do we hold fixed the agent's predictable future misbehaviour?

Also issued in print: 2019.
This text concerns what is, perhaps, the least controversial normative principle concerning action: you ought to perform your best option-best, that is, in terms of whatever ultimately matters. The text sets aside the question of what ultimately matters so as to focus on the following questions. What are our options? Which options do we assess directly in terms of their own goodness and which do we assess in terms of the goodness of the more encompassing options of which they're a proper part? What do we hold fixed when assessing how good an option is? Do we, for instance, hold fixed the agent's present beliefs, desires, and intentions? And do we hold fixed the agent's predictable future misbehaviour?

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