Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung

Consequentialism in decision theory, as opposed to moral philosophy, is concerned with defending certain rationality postulates rather than ethical postulates. The concept of a consequence is accordingly understood in a wide sense that is meant to...

In the present paper, I set out to develop a novel approach to the experience of the world and of others, as it accrues from the original ability to be affected [Affektabilität] and its desire, by taking as a starting-point a radical phenomenology...

It is often said that practical reason is a capacity to deliberate practically or to step back from one's motivations and reflect on them. I argue that this conception of practical reason is faced with a dilemma: Everyday intelligent action is then...