Single Idea 3272

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck]

Full Idea

Moral luck involves one's character, the antecedent circumstances of the act, the actual circumstances of the act, and the outcome of the act.

Gist of Idea

Moral luck can arise in character, preconditions, actual circumstances, and outcome

Source

Thomas Nagel (Moral Luck [1976], p.28)

Book Reference

Nagel,Thomas: 'Mortal Questions' [CUP 1981], p.28


A Reaction

Meaning, I take it, that there can be luck in any one of those four. A neat slicing up that doesn't quite fit the real world, where things flow. Helpful, though.