caa a22 4500 386384274 CHVBK 20180307112053.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1989 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0265052500001047 doi S0265052500001047 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0265052500001047 Smith Holly M. Philosophy, University of Arizona Two-Tier Moral Codes [Elektronische Daten] [Holly M. Smith] A moral code consists of principles that assign moral status to individual actions - principles that evaluate acts as right or wrong, prohibited or obligatory, permissible or supererogatory. Many theorists have held that such principles must serve two distinct functions. On the one hand, they serve a theoretical function, insofar as they specify the characteristics in virtue of which acts possess their moral status. On the other hand, they serve a practical function, insofar as they provide an action-guide: a standard by reference to which a person can choose which acts to perform and which not. Although the theoretical and practical functions of moral principles are closely linked, it is not at all obvious that what enables a principle to fill one of these roles automatically equips it to fill the other. In this paper I shall briefly examine some of the reasons why a moral principle might fail to fill its practical role, i.e., be incapable of guiding decisions. I shall then sketch three common responses to this kind of failure, and examine in some detail the adequacy of one of the most popular of these responses. Copyright © Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation 1989 Social Philosophy and Policy Cambridge University Press 7/1(1989), 112-132 0265-0525 7:1<112 1989 7 SOY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500001047 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500001047 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Smith Holly M. Philosophy, University of Arizona NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Philosophy and Policy Cambridge University Press 7/1(1989), 112-132 0265-0525 7:1<112 1989 7 SOY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge