Houjun Liu

SU-PHIL2 MAY292025

Moral Luck

Control principle: we can only be judged for something to the extend its under our control.

Corollary: two people are not morally judged differently if the only difference is not under their control.

resultant luck

Luck in how your choices turn out.

constructive luck

Luck in who you are and what you are like.

circumstantial luck

Luck on the choices/circumstances that we face.

character

Stable traits and disposition: blameworthyness, etc. doesn’t apply here. There are blameworthy / praiseworthy actions, etc, but characters themselves can’t be.