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) Kantianism: Nagel, “Moral Luck” Moral luck is a term used by Nagel to describe the external factors beyond our control, which act upon moral decisions we make. Nagel’s opinion is that people make moral decisions that may have good or bad intentions, but because of moral luck the outcome may be contrary to what he/she intended. Moral luck can be constitutive, the kind of person that someone is. Some people are born with …

…and not the original intentions. However, this theory still does not take into account external forces, which cannot be predetermined. The best way to account for moral luck is judge people by taking into account their intentions and the consequences, which may follow. We can only judge to a certain degree since as humans we do not have the capacity to know people’s intentions nor can we know the future to determine ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**