Moral Luck
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30
CORE DEFINITION
A person's moral evaluation (such as "good" or "bad") often depends on factors of luck beyond their control (such as upbringing, genetics, or chance opportunities) rather than their own moral effort.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
A source of humility. When evaluating others (or yourself), recognize that many "moral achievements" actually stem from luck (e.g., not encountering real temptation). This can make you more humble in judging others and more forgiving of your own "moral failures."
Anchor fast decisions
Moral luck refers to the fact that a moral agent's evaluation is influenced by contingent factors beyond their control (outcomes, circumstances, dispositions, causality), challenging the intuition that moral responsibility depends solely on intentions.
MINIMUM ACTION
In progress 0/1Practice this model in one real situation:
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