Non-distributive blameworthiness

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 109 (1pt1):31-60 (2009)
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I adapt an old example of Frank Jackson's, in order to show that it is not only possible that actions with different individual agents are sub-optimal when each is not, but that they are impermissible when each is not, and blameworthy when each is not.

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10.1111/j.1467-9264.2009.00257.x

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