N. Howard

Redeeming Relative Value: Indexicality and Consequentializing Agent‐Centered Norms

Robert Nozick doubted forms of consequentialism that employ so‐called “agent‐relative value” because he found them “gimmicky.” This doubt has been sharpened by Don Regan, Mark Schroeder, and others into the objection that agent‐relative value lacks the practical importance we associate with good simpliciter . Thi...