Abstract
This paper holds that compromises are a kind of agreement and also a kind of decision. The main objectives are: 1) to identify the formal structure of compromise situations, or predicaments where some compromise decision (CD) is unavoidable, including CDs that jeopardize the decision-maker’s integrity; 2) through Amartya Sen’s notions of basic and compulsive judgments, to establish when a CD in a situation of compromise could be morally justified. It concludes that justified CDs involve a rationally justified moral regret which helps to bridge the gap between deontology and consequentialism.
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Introduction with Some ExamplesUnder General Franco’s dictatorship, the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) struggled against the regime under cover inside the country and openly abroad
The 1978 Spanish Constitution was the result of a compromise between very different political outlooks
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Summary
SUMMARY : This paper holds that compromises are a kind of agreement and a kind of decision. Amartya Sen’s notions of basic and compulsive judgments, to establish when a CD in a situation of compromise could be morally justified. Los principales objetivos son: 1) identificar la estructura formal de las situaciones de compromiso en las que alguna decisión de compromiso (CD) es inevitable, incluyendo CDs que ponen en riesgo la integridad del decisor; 2) mediante las nociones de juicio básico y compulsivo propuestas por Amartya Sen, establecer cuándo una CD en una situación de compromiso podría estar moralmente justificada. Se concluye que las CDs justificadas implican una contrición moral que ayuda a salvar la distancia entre deontología y consecuencialismo.
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