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2457Coherentist Epistemology and Moral TheoryIn Walter Sinnott-Armstrong & Mark Timmons (eds.), Moral knowledge?: new readings in moral epistemology, Oxford University Press. 1996.matter of knowing that -- that injustice is wrong, courage is valuable, and care is As a result, what I'll be doing is primarily defending in general -- and due. Such knowledge is embodied in a range of capacities, abilities, and skills..
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2Moral skepticismIn Sven Bernecker & Duncan Pritchard (eds.), Routledge Companion to Epistemology, Routledge. pp. 464. 2010.
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168Hume and Smith on sympathy, approbation, and moral judgmentSocial Philosophy and Policy 30 (1-2): 208-236. 2013.David Hume and Adam Smith are usually, and understandably, seen as developing very similar sentimentalist accounts of moral thought and practice. As similar as Hume's and Smith's accounts of moral thought are, they differ in telling ways. This essay is an attempt primarily to get clear on the important differences. They are worth identifying and exploring, in part, because of the great extent to which Hume and Smith share not just an overall approach to moral theory but also a conception of what…Read more
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2ContractarianismIn Hugh LaFollette - (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory, Blackwell. pp. 247--267. 2000.
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198On Why Hume's “General Point of View” Isn't Ideal–and Shouldn't BeSocial Philosophy and Policy 11 (1): 202-228. 1994.It is tempting and not at all uncommon to find the striking—even noble—visage of an Ideal Observer staring out from the center of Hume's moral theory. When Hume claims, for instance, that virtue is “ whatever mental action or quality gives to a spectator the pleasing sentiment of approbation ,” it is only natural to think that he must have in mind not just any spectator but a spectator who is fully informed and unsullied by prejudice. And when Hume writes that “the true standard of taste and bea…Read more
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352Essays on moral realism (edited book)Cornell University Press. 1988.Introduction The Many Moral Realisms Geoffrey Sayre-McCord I. Introduction Recognizing the startling resurgence in realism, ...
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22Criminal Justice and Legal Reparations as an Alternative to Punishment 1Philosophical Issues 11 (1): 502-529. 2001.
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1Moral Theory and Explanatory Impotence In: Sayre-McCord, G. edIn Essays on Moral Realism, Cornell University Press. pp. 256--281. 1988.
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99Hume and the Bauhaus Theory of EthicsMidwest Studies in Philosophy 20 (1): 280-298. 1995.Appeals to utility permeate Hume's account of morality. He maintains, for which have this tendency to the public advantage and loss" (T. 578-79).
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University of North Carolina, Chapel HillDepartment of PhilosophyMorehead-Cain Alumni Distinguished Professor
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University of EdinburghRegular Faculty (Part-time)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Meta-Ethics |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |