The Lexicon · Genealogy · Modern
WILLIAMS, BERNARD
1929–2003
Moral Luck (The Founding Strategist's Burden)
Williams: the moral standing of an action depends on factors outside the agent's control — outcome, context, luck. The Founding Strategist (§3.2.2) accepts moral luck as a working condition. Funding may or may not arrive; the meeting may or may not produce the work; the artist may or may not flourish. The Strategist acts knowing the action's evaluation is partially out of hand. The acting proceeds anyway. The luck is filed.