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This discussion note deals with Jurriaan de Haan's paper “The Definition of Moral Dilemmas: A Logical Problem” (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 4(3), 2001, pp. 267–284). In the first, critical part I will point out a confusion in the logical analysis of the paper in question. In the second, constructive part I will indicate how the analysis of moral dilemmas should proceed within the framework of a possible world semantics.
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Morscher, E. The Definition of Moral Dilemmas: A Logical Confusion and a Clarification. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 5, 485–491 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021377916874
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