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9Contemporary Debates in Social Philosophy (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2007.In this important and engaging volume, international scholars present opposing viewpoints to debate ten of the most important issues in contemporary social philosophy. Provides an original analysis of some of society’s most pressing issues Written by an outstanding cast of international scholars Issues covered include the nature of freedom, the limits of religious tolerance, affirmative action, parenting, the death penalty, privacy, violence, world hunger, social diversity, homosexuality, and ab…Read more
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14Acts, Omissions, and Common Sense MoralityCanadian Journal of Philosophy 12 (sup1): 37-46. 1982.
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4Book Reviews:Dignity and Vulnerability: Strength and Quality of Character (review)Ethics 111 (1): 170-173. 2000.
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11Living With One’s Past: Personal Fates and Moral PainPhilosophical Review 107 (2): 307. 1998.This work has a most resounding virtue: It is an essay in moral philosophy written about the ordinary life. Care’s point of departure is a life that is flawed and troubled—one that is dulled to numerous moral considerations, one that is far from capable of just willing itself back on any track, moral or otherwise. And as the book’s title suggests, the question that he is concerned to answer is, How does that kind of person get on with living a morally respectable life? How is it possible for tha…Read more
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3What good am I?In Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Exploring ethics: an introductory anthology, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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51Should Race Matter? Unusual Answers to the Usual QuestionsPhilosophical Review 122 (4): 647-650. 2013.
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304AtrocitiesIn Clifton Bryant Dennis Peck (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, Sage Publication. 2009.This essay discusses the character of many atrocities that have occurred throughout human history.
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101Moral Equality and Natural InferioritySocial Theory and Practice 31 (3): 379-404. 2005.This essay is a commentary upon "Race and Kant" by Thomas Hill, Jr and Bernard Boxill. They argue that although Kant in his anthropological writings took blacks to be inferior, his moral theory requires that they be shown the proper moral respect since blacks are persons nonetheless. I argue that this argument is sound, because the conception of inferiority that Kant attributed to blacks does not permit showing them the proper moral respect. Imagine a defective Mercedes Benz and a Ford Pinto. Th…Read more
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19American slavery and the Holocaust: Their ideologies comparedPublic Affairs Quarterly 5 (2): 191-210. 1991.
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11Rationality and Affectivity: The Metaphysics of the Moral SelfSocial Philosophy and Policy 5 (2): 154. 1988.There is a way of doing moral philosophy which goes something like this: If it can be shown that it is rational for perfectly selfish people to accept the constraints of morality, then it will follow, a fortiori, that it is rational for people capable of affective bonds, and thus less selfish, to do so. On this way of proceeding the real argument – that is, the argument for the actual constraints to be adopted – proceeds with only fully rational individuals who have no other concern than to maxi…Read more
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16Trust and survival: Securing a vision of the good societyJournal of Social Philosophy 20 (1-2): 34-41. 1989.
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130Licensing Parents: Family, State, and Child MaltreatmentLexington Books. 2009.This book examines the negative power that child maltreatment has on individuals and society ethically and politically, while analyzing the positive power that parental love and healthy families have. To address how best to confront the problem of child maltreatment, it examines several policy options, ultimately defending a policy of licensing parents, while carefully examining the tension between child and adult rights and duties.
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Normative Ethics |