This is an undergraduate paper I wrote in response to an early draft (Nov 2009) of (primarily) chapter 6 of Douglas W. Portmore’s book Commonsense Consequentialism. It was written for an independent study with Portmore on practical rationality. I spent a few weeks revising it and then used it as my writing sample for graduate school applications.
Accounting for Objective Rational Permissibility without Act-Sequences
This is my first full length philosophy paper. It was written for a seminar I took in the spring of 2008 as an undergraduate at ASU. The seminar was Consequentialism, taught by Douglas Portmore. I submitted it for publication in the Rutgers Undergraduate Philosophy Journal and it was among the final papers for consideration, but ultimately not published. It was the only journal I submitted it to.
Is Satisficing Necessary or Just ‘Good Enough’?