Are All Objections Question-Begging?
Richard Y Chappell
Are All Objections Question-Begging?
Against lazy dismissals
Imagine a consequentialist dismissing every objection to their view as “question-begging” and unworthy of engagement. The transplant counterexample? It’s “framed” in a way that invokes deontic concepts. ’Nuff said. The alienation and separateness of persons objections? They raise issues of fitting motivation that most consequentialists don’t care to talk about. Couldn’t possibly be worth discussing, then!
This strikes me as an...