Partiality, Agent-Relative Reasons, and the Individuals View

Löschke, Jörg (2014). Partiality, Agent-Relative Reasons, and the Individuals View. Social Theory and Practice, 40(4), pp. 673-682. Philosophy Documentation Center 10.5840/soctheorpract201440439

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The paper offers a critical discussion of Simon Keller’s individuals view concerning the grounds of special obligations. It is argued that the view offers a misleading account of agent-relative reasons, which leads to problems with the arguments Keller offers for his view – the Kantian, consequentialist, particularistic argument. Furthermore, it argues that Keller’s argument from phenomenology suffers from not distinguishing between reasons for partiality and reasons from partiality. At best, it can be applied to reasons from partiality – reasons that agents have in virtue of standing in a relationship of partiality with some other person. Thus, the argument does not support the individuals view, as it is compatible with the other approaches Keller discusses. The paper suggests a modified relationship view to ground reasons of partiality.

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