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35Partially Re-Humanized Ethics: Comments on ButchvarovSouthern Journal of Philosophy 41 (S1): 184-189. 2003.
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133Morality and Self-Interest (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2008.The volume will act as a useful collection of scholarship by top figures, and as a resource and course book on an important topic.
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37Partially Re‐Humanized Ethics: Comments on ButchvarovSouthern Journal of Philosophy 41 (S1): 184-189. 2003.
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163Virtue Epistemology and the Epistemology of VirtuePhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 60 (1): 23-43. 2000.The ancient Greeks almost universally accepted the thesis that virtues are skills. Skills have an underlying intellectual structure (logos), and having a particular skill entails understanding the relevant logos. possessing a general ability to diagnose and solve problems (phronesis). as well as having appropriate experience. Two implications of accepting this thesis for moral epistemology and epistemology in general are considered. Thinking of virtues as skills yields a viable virtue epistemolo…Read more
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103The harm of immoralityRatio 21 (3): 241-259. 2008.A central problem in moral theory is how it is to be defended against those who think that there is no harm in being immoral, and that immorality can be in one's self-interest, assuming the perpetrator is not caught and punished. The argument presented here defends the idea that being immoral prevents one from having self-respect. If it makes sense to think that one cannot be happy without self-respect, then the conclusion follows that one cannot be both immoral and happy. Immorality is harmful …Read more
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109Of Goodness and Healthiness: A Viable Moral OntologyPhilosophical Studies 87 (3): 309-332. 1997.
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137The Rules of "Goodness": An Essay on Moral SemanticsAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 40 (3). 2003.
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1764Morality is necessary for happinessPhilosophical Studies 174 (10): 2613-2628. 2017.An argument for the eponymous conclusion is given through a series of hypothetical syllogisms, the most basic of which is as follows: morality is necessary for self-respect; self-respect is necessary for happiness; therefore, morality is necessary for happiness. Some of the most obvious objections are entertained and rejected.
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16Partially Re‐Humanized Ethics: Comments on ButchvarovSouthern Journal of Philosophy 41 (S1): 184-189. 2003.
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13Opening questions, following rulesIn Terry Horgan & Mark Timmons (eds.), Metaethics After Moore, Oxford University Press. pp. 169. 2006.
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48The Virtues of Happiness: A Theory of the Good LifeOup Usa. 2014.Undeniably, life is unfair. So, why play fairly in an unfair world? The answer comes from combining the ancient Greek conception of happiness with a modern conception of self-respect. The book is about why it is bad to be bad and good to be good, and what happens in between.
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613Moral Point of View (2nd ed.)In Hugh LaFollette (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Blackwell. 2013.
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