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59Conservative UtilitarianismUtilitas 12 (2): 155. 2000.The resilience of utilitarian ethics in the face of unremitting criticism can be explained in part by its use of various strategies of indirect utilitarianism. The success of these strategies throws up a distinctive problem: how can one measure the utility of moral rules, large-scale social institutions or character traits distinctive of virtues? Reading Hume as a utilitarian of sorts in his treatment of justice, I explain his conservative endorsement of entrenched social practices as a conseque…Read more
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11Book Review: Hegel on Ethics and Politics (review)Journal of Moral Philosophy 2 (2): 245-248. 2005.
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16VII-GoodSamaritans andGoodGovernmentProceedings of the Aristotelian Society 112 (2pt2): 161-178. 2012.
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80Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Hegel and the Philosophy of RightRoutledge. 2002.Hegel is one of the most important figures in the history of ideas and political thought. His _Philosophy of Right_ is widely recognised as one of the greatest works of political philosophy. _Hegel and the Philosophy of Right_ introduces and assesses: * Hegel's life and the background of the _Philosophy of Right_ * The ideas and text of the _Philosophy of Right_ * The continuing importance of Hegel's work to philosophy and political thought
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22Ecology, Policy and Politics: Human Well‐being and the Natural WorldPhilosophical Books 36 (2): 127-129. 1995.
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65Political PhilosophyRoutledge. 2001.This comprehensive introduction to the major thinkers and topics in political philosophy explores the philosophical traditions which continue to inform our political judgements. Dudley Knowles introduces the ideas of key political thinkers including Hobbes, Locke, Marx and Mill and influential contemporary thinkers such as Berlin, Rawls and Nozick. He outlines central problems in political philosophy and encourages the reader to critically engage with all the issues discussed. The individual cha…Read more
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15Hegel's Practical Philosophy: Rational Agency as Ethical Life–Robert B. PippinPhilosophical Quarterly 61 (242): 192-196. 2011.No abstract available
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60Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal StatePhilosophical Quarterly 43 (173): 566. 1993.
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46Parents' consent to the post-mortem removal and retention of organsJournal of Applied Philosophy 18 (3). 2001.Parents of children who died following complex heart surgery have recently discovered that organs were removed and retained in post-m
Dudley Knowles
(1947 - 2014)
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |