Moral Dilemmas

Preface
The readings collected here pertain in various ways to the question
of whether there can be moral dilemmas. To many, this may seem
an odd topic for debate insofar as it seems obvious that we are often
perplexed about what morality expects of us. However, what is at
issue here is not the evident fact of occasional moral perplexity but
whether it can actually be the case that a person morally ought to
do one thing and morally ought to do another when both cannot be
done. It has seemed to most philosophers that such a situation could
not obtain (except perhaps as a result of previous wrongdoing). But
this viewpoint has been challenged by several analytic philosophers
in recent years, most forcefully by Williams, and the ensuing debate
is the topic of this collection.