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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 239-249 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Studies in Christian Ethics |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
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Miracles & Moral Culpability : How to Murder your Parishioners and get away with it. / Luck, Morgan.
In: Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2008, p. 239-249.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Miracles & Moral Culpability
T2 - How to Murder your Parishioners and get away with it
AU - Luck, Morgan
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Studies in Christian Ethics. ISSNs: 0953-9468;
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - I argue that there exists a proportional relationship between degrees of moral culpability and degrees of probability, where the more an agent believes her actions will result in certain consequences, the more morally culpable she is for these consequences. I assert that this degree of probability is necessarily diminished by the existence of active supernatural powers. Consequently, agents who believe in such powers are less morally culpable than agents who do not.
AB - I argue that there exists a proportional relationship between degrees of moral culpability and degrees of probability, where the more an agent believes her actions will result in certain consequences, the more morally culpable she is for these consequences. I assert that this degree of probability is necessarily diminished by the existence of active supernatural powers. Consequently, agents who believe in such powers are less morally culpable than agents who do not.
KW - Miracles
KW - Moral Culpability
U2 - 10.1177/0953946808094344
DO - 10.1177/0953946808094344
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 239
EP - 249
JO - Studies in Christian Ethics
JF - Studies in Christian Ethics
SN - 0953-9468
IS - 2
ER -