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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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23Criminal 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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13Coherence and Models for Moral TheorizingPacific Philosophical Quarterly 66 (1-2): 170-190. 1985.
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Leibniz, Materialism, and the Relational Account of Space and TimeStudia Leibnitiana 16 (n/a): 204. 1984.Leibniz' Verteidigung einer relationalen Auffassung von Raum und Zeit im Briefwechsel mit Clarke nimmt in keiner Weise Bezug auf Monaden. Infolgedessen haben einige Leibniz-Interpreten angenommen, Leibniz' relationale Auffassung von Raum und Zeit könne -wenn man sie hinreichend abstrakt versteht -von seiner außerordentlich mentalistischen Ontologie losgelöst werde. In der Tat hat der Gedanke einer Trennung der beiden Lehren etwas Bestechendes, da die relationale Auffassung plausibler erscheint a…Read more
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112Functional explanations and reasons as causesPhilosophical Perspectives 3 137-164. 1989.If we assume that a conceptual connection does hold between reasons and action, the arguments for both theses are strikingly simple. In defense of the first thesis, all that need be added is Hume's Principle: between cause and effect only a (logically) contingent relation holds. For given Hume's Principle, and the conceptual connection (which after all is not a contingent one), it follows that no causal connection holds. In defense of the second thesis, all that need be added is one assumption a…Read more
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ContractarianismIn Hugh LaFollette - (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory, Blackwell. pp. 247-267. 1999.
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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 |