An important yet often unacknowledged aspect of moral discourse is the phenomenon of moral impossibility, which challenges more widely accepted models of moral discussion and deliberation as a choice among possible options. Starting from observations of the new possibilities of anti-immigrant attitudes and hate crimes which have been described by the press as something being “unleashed,” the paper asks what it means for something to enter or not the sphere of possibility in the moral sense, and whether it is ever desirable for something to remain or be pushed back outside the realm of the morally possible. Three forms of moral impossibility are identified: the unconceived, the unthinkable, and moral incapacity. Through the discussion of a stark fictional example of moral impossibility, the paper concludes that while the category of moral impossibility cannot settle disagreement, it sheds light on some of the most fundamental aspects of moral life.

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道德上不可能的形式

道德话语的一个重要但经常未被承认的方面是道德不可能现象，它挑战了更广泛接受的道德讨论和审议模式作为可能选项中的选择。从对被媒体描述为“被释放”的反移民态度和仇恨犯罪的新可能性的观察出发，该论文询问在道德意义上进入或不进入可能性范围意味着什么，以及在道德上可能的领域之外是否需要保留或被推回。三种形式的道德上的不可能性被确定为：未想到的、不可想象的和道德上的无能。通过对道德上不可能的一个赤裸裸的虚构例子的讨论，