Practical Philosophy Seminar: Nick Hughes

The principle that "ought implies can” (OIC) — that one cannot be morally obligated to do what one is unable to do — is widely accepted in moral philosophy. In this talk I will argue that the data standardly taken to support OIC is better explained by a rival principle: ought-implies-attributability, which holds that one has a moral obligation with respect to a state of affairs only if that state of affairs is attributable to one as an agent.