Abstract

My earlier paper (1996) argued for rule-consequentialism over a Rossstyle theory. Philip Stratton-Lake's intriguing reply (1997) objects that I misunderstand the very notion of prima facie duty. We should, he thinks, follow Philippa Foot in distinguishing verdictive and evidential moral considerations. Verdictive considerations are overall moral verdicts about whether actions are morally required, merely permissible, or wrong. Evidential considerations identify which facts about an action or its context are morally salient, and the way in which they are salient, to reaching overall moral verdicts. Stratton-Lake thinks prima facie duties are evidential considerations.

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