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99Two Types of Civic FriendshipEthical Theory and Moral Practice 16 (4): 729-743. 2013.Among the tasks of modern political philosophy is to develop a favored conception of the relations among modern citizens, among people who can know little or nothing of one another individually and yet are deeply reciprocally dependent. One might think of this as developing a favored conception of civic friendship. In this essay I sketch two candidate conceptions. The first derives from the Kantian tradition, the second from the 1844 Marx. I present the two conceptions and then describe similari…Read more
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19Marx’ neuer MenschIn Christopher F. Zurn & Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch (eds.), Anerkennung, Akademie Verlag. pp. 145-180. 2009.
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53Choosing for Another: Beyond Autonomy and Best InterestsHastings Center Report 39 (2): 31-37. 2009.According to bioethics orthodoxy, the question, “What would the patient choose?” is a question about the patient's autonomy. is at stake. In fact, what underpins the moral force of that question is a value different from either autonomy or best interests. This is the value of doing things in a way that is authentic to the person.
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1Styles of selfishnessIn Garry Hagberg & Walter Jost (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature, Wiley-blackwell. 2007.
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99Lord Jim and moral judgment: Literature and moral philosophyJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 56 (3): 265-281. 1998.
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99Hypothetical consent and moral forceLaw and Philosophy 10 (3). 1991.This article starts by examining the appeal to hypothetical consent as used by law and economics writers. I argue that their use of this kind of argument has no moral force whatever. I then briefly examine, through some remarks on Rawls and Scanlon, the conditions under which such an argument would have moral force. Finally, I bring these considerations to bear to criticize the argument of judge Frank Easterbrook's majority opinion in Flamm v. Eberstadt.
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85Are alcoholics less deserving of liver transplants?Hastings Center Report 37 (1): 41-47. 2007.When does behavior trigger a lesser claim to medical resources? When does chronic drinking, for example, mean that one has a lesser claim to a liver transplant? Only when one's behavior becomes a callous indifference to others' needs—when one knows the consequences of heavy drinking and knows that by drinking one may end up depriving someone else of a liver.
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34On Noncoercive EstablishmentPolitical Theory 33 (6): 812-839. 2005.In this essay, I raise the question of whether some degree of noncoercive state support for religious conceptions (broadly understood) should be left to the majoritarian branch ofgovernment. I argue that the reason not to do so is that such state support would alienate many citizens. However to take this as a sufficient reason to constrain the majoritarian branch is to accept the thesis that not being alienated from one's polity is a significant part of the human good. Those who would prohibit e…Read more
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8Justification and Radicalism in the 1844 Marx: A Response to Professor AbbeyPhilosophy Today 30 (1): 156-163. 2002.
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66Marx's attempt to leave philosophyHarvard University Press. 1998.Rather, in all the texts of this period Marx tries to mount a compelling critique of the present while altogether avoiding the dilemmas central to philosophy in ...
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