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moral particularism: a standalone construct

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Ethics

the view that a feature that counts in favor of an act in one case may count against it in another, so no moral principles hold fixed.

In ethics, moral particularism refers to the view that a feature that counts in favor of an act in one case may count against it in another, so no moral principles hold fixed. This meaning comes from Dancy (1983) in Mind.[1]

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References

Dancy, J. (1983). Ethical Particularism and Morally Relevant Properties. Mind, XCII(368), 530-547. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/xcii.368.530

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