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    It is not the case that Alice's act was morally wrong

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Objective consequentialism evaluates acts by expected value under epistemic constraints, not unknowable actual outcomes (Jackson 1991).
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    • 2.If Alice acted on the best available evidence and her act had the highest expected utility, the harm was epistemically unforeseeable.
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    • 3.An act that is epistemically optimal cannot be morally wrong under any plausible action-guiding consequentialist standard.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Rule consequentialism (Brandt, Hooker) holds that acts are right if they conform to rules whose general acceptance maximizes welfare.
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    • 2.A harmful outcome from following an optimific rule does not render the act wrong; wrongness attaches to rule-violation, not bad outcomes per se.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Actual consequentialism holds that actual consequences determine moral rightness
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    • 2.Alice's act caused harm
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