Week 1: Objective and subjective oughts

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Essential readings:

1. (pp. 461-472 of) Jackson, F. 1991. "Decision-Theoretic Consequentialism and the Nearest and Dearest Objection". Ethics 101.3. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2381464   

2. (Excluding Section 8) Graham, P. 2010. "In Defense of Objectivism about Moral Obligation". Ethics 121.1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/656328 

Suggested readings:

1. Muñoz, D. & J. Spencer. 2021. "Knowledge of Objective ‘Oughts’: Monotonicity and the New Miners Puzzle". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 103.1. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12702