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    Morton — Carmelics
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    Morton

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    b. 1941

    Adam Morton is a contemporary British philosopher known for contributions to epistemology, philosophy of mind, and moral philosophy. He has held academic positions at the University of Bristol and the University of British Columbia, and his ethical work engages with consequentialist frameworks and the nature of wrongdoing.

    Notable Achievements

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    Authored 'On Evil' (2004), a philosophical analysis of the conditions that produce evil actions

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    Developed accounts of bounded practical reasoning in 'Bounded Thinking' (2012)

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    Contributed to epistemology and knowledge theory through 'A Guide through the Theory of Knowledge'

    4

    Explored mental representation and frames of mind in 'Frames of Mind' (1980)

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    Consequentialism

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    Wrongness is identical to the property of being a failure to maximize utility

    Truth & Knowledge

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    Wrongness is identical to the property of being a failure to maximize utility

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