An Analysis of Recent Empirical Data on ‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’

Authors

Yishai Cohen PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2018

Publication Title

Philosophia

Abstract

Recent experimental studies dispute the position that commonsense morality accepts ‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’ (OIC), the view that, necessarily, if an agent ought to perform some action, then she can perform that action. This paper considers and supports explanations for the results of these studies on the hypothesis that OIC is intuitive and true.

Recommended Citation

Cohen, Yishai PhD, "An Analysis of Recent Empirical Data on ‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’" (2018). Faculty Publications. 69.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/philosophy-faculty/69