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Williams’ False Dilemma: How to Give Categorically Binding Impartial Reasons to Real Agents (2013)
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Beyleveld, D. (2013). Williams’ False Dilemma: How to Give Categorically Binding Impartial Reasons to Real Agents. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 10(2), 204-226. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-4681001

According to Bernard Williams, attempts to justify a categorically binding impartial principle fail because they can only establish categorically binding requirements on action by making them non-universalizable (Gewirth), and can only establish impa... Read More about Williams’ False Dilemma: How to Give Categorically Binding Impartial Reasons to Real Agents.