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The article raises questions about the interpretation that Crelier makes of the Kantian ethics regarding conflicts of duties or moral dilemmas. We argue that, despite Crelier’s conflicting statements, he fails to articulate an interpretation of Kant’s ethics in which moral dilemmas are admissible. In Crelier’s interpretation, we contend, the dilemmas that are eligible are only apparent or epistemic. But there is no room for those dilemmas in which none of the duties is objectively superior to another duty in conflict.

Crelier, Andrés. “La reflexión moral kantiana y el problema del conflicto de deberes”, en Praxis Filosófica (Cali) No. 33. Agosto-Diciembre 2011, pp. 11-31.

Holbo, John. “Moral Dilemmas and the Logic of Obligation”, en American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 39, Number 3, July 2002, pp. 259-274.

Kant, Immanuel. Immanuel Kants Schriften. Ausgabe der koniglich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1902–). Las obras de Kant citadas en el artículo son: Metaphysik der Sitten; Vorlesungen über Ethik; Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft. MS, VE y R, respectivamente.
Vargas, G. E., & Arango, P. (2013). Crelier: on Kant and moral dilemmas. Praxis Filosófica, (36), 251–261. https://doi.org/10.25100/pfilosofica.v0i36.3472

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