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means of how to realize a moral norm in real life situations
(Aristotle Ethica Nicomachea, VI 8-19). But contrary to
Luntley who does not distinguish ‘uncertainties’ which are
different with respect to context (see Section 1), we hold
the opinion that for treating the incertitude of
consequences adequately, general ‘rules’ of the form
given by probabilistic decision models on the basis of
welfare ethics seem to be required. A synthetic approach,
combining welfare based ethics and a virtue ethics
approach might be able to cope with the ‘uncertainty’ of
decisions in the full meaning of the word.
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