Normative Pluralism

The potential conflicts between morality and self-interest lies at the heart of ethics. However, moral philosophers sometimes think of their task as trying to gain knowledge simply of what we are morally required to do, leaving aside the larger normative question of what we ought to do all things considered, while others have assumed that what we ought to do all things considered just is what we morally ought to do. Sagdahl grapples with the more fundamental question of what we ought to do all things considered, but argues that there may be no simple answer to this question.