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    It is not the case that It is not rational to plan on accomplishing both of two objectives known to be incompatible

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    • 1.Agents can rationally hold intentions under uncertainty about which objective will prove feasible, deferring resolution until more information emerges.
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    • 2.Michael Bratman's own planning theory allows for intentions that are 'partial plans,' leaving open sub-options that may turn out incompatible only at execution time.
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    • 3.What appears incompatible at the planning stage may be compatible under future contingencies the agent has rational grounds to anticipate.
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    • 1.Ruth Barcan Marcus argued that moral dilemmas involve genuine conflicts where an agent ought to fulfill each of two obligations that cannot both be fulfilled.
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    • 2.If ought implies rational intention, then an agent in a genuine dilemma is rationally required to intend both conflicting objectives simultaneously.
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    • 3.The irrationality lies in the tragic situation itself, not in the agent's dual intention, which is the only response proportionate to the moral reality.
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    • 1.Intentions that figure in rational planning should agglomerate
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    • 2.Agglomeration requires that intentions fit together in a coherent larger plan
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    • 3.Two objectives known to be incompatible cannot fit together in a coherent larger plan
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