Kantian Free Riding

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Abstract

Can Kantians distinguish unfair free riding from innocent coordination? If they cannot, the whole approach is flawed. This paper develops a novel solution. Free riders, as I will put it, fail to make their conduct conditional on other people’s preferences. They refuse to do their part regardless of what others prefer. It is not just that other people share the same preferences - as alternative accounts have it - but that the free rider does not care whether they do or do not share the same preferences. The same does not carry over to innocent coordination.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)62-85
Number of pages24
JournalJournal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
Volume29
Issue number1
Early online date29 Nov 2024
Publication statusPublished - 2024

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