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Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 7 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2012.Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field.
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8Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 6: Volume 6 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2011.Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field.
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3Oxford Studies in Metaethics 12 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2017.Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field
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1Moral IndeterminacyDissertation, The University of Arizona. 1992.My dissertation focuses on issues of indeterminacy in ethics and the philosophy of law. My aim is to establish the existence of moral indeterminacy and to show how we can allow some degree of indeterminacy in both ethics and the law without necessarily abandoning objectivist positions that may withstand noncognitivist or legal realist criticisms. ;The dissertation is divided into two parts. In the first, I devote a chapter to each of three sources of moral indeterminacy. The first chapter focuse…Read more
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68Oxford Studies in Metaethics: Volume 1 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2006.The contents of the inaugural volume of Oxford Studies in Metaethics nicely mirror the variety of issues that make this area of philosophy so interesting. The volume opens with Peter Railton's exploration of some central features of normative guidance, the mental states that underwrite it, and its relationship to our reasons for feeling and acting. In the next offering, Terence Cuneo takes up the case against expressivism, arguing that its central account of the nature of moral judgments is badl…Read more
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45Sex selection for social purposes in Israel: quest for the "perfect child" of a particular gender or centuries old prejudice against women?Journal of Medical Ethics 34 (9). 2008.On 9 May 2005, the Israeli Ministry of Health issued guidelines spelling out the conditions under which sex selection by preimplantation genetic diagnosis for social purposes is to be permitted in Israel. This article first reviews the available medical methods for sex selection, the preference for children of a specific gender in various societies and the ethical controversies surrounding PGD for medical and social purposes in different countries. It focuses then on the question of whether proc…Read more
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87Oxford Studies in Metaethics: Volume 4 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2009.This is a periodical publication devoted to original philosophical work on the foundations of ethics and includes study being carried out at the intersections ...
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30Ethics as philosophy : A defense of ethical nonnaturalismIn Terry Horgan & Mark Timmons (eds.), Metaethics After Moore, Oxford University Press. 2006.
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9Oxford Studies in Metaethics: Volume 1 (edited book)Clarendon Press. 2006.Devoted exclusively to original philosophical work on the foundations of ethics. Provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done at the intersections of ethical theory with metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind.
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6Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 7 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2012.Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field
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215Error Theory and the Possibility of Normative EthicsPhilosophical Issues 15 (1): 107-120. 2005.
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29Autonomy, value, and conditioned desire, Robert NoggleAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 73 (1). 1995.
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4Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 3 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2008.Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship in the field. Its broad purview includes work at the intersection of ethical theory and metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. The essays included in the series provide an excellent basis for understanding recent developments in the field; those who would like t…Read more
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8Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 10 (edited book)Oxford University Press UK. 2015.Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done at the intersections of ethical theory with metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. The essays included in the series provide an excellent basis for understanding recent developments in the field…Read more
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126Whatever happened to good and evil?Oxford University Press. 2004.Since September 11, 2001, many people in the United States have been more inclined to use the language of good and evil, and to be more comfortable with the idea that certain moral standards are objective (true independently of what anyone happens to think of them). Some people, especially those who are not religious, are not sure how to substantiate this view. Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? provides a basis for exploring these doubts and ultimately defends the objectivity of ethics. Engagi…Read more
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20Oxford Studies in Metaethics: Volume Ii (edited book)Clarendon Press. 2007.Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only periodical publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work on the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship in the field. Its broad purview includes work at the intersections of ethical theory with metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. OSME provides an excellent basis for understanding recent developments in the field; those who would like to acquaint them…Read more
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14Metaethics: Critical Concepts in Philosophy (edited book)Routledge. 2008.Metaethics is the branch of knowledge that considers the foundational issues of morality, and deals especially with the nature of ethical statements. Philosophers doing metaethics ask vital and fundamental questions such as these: • is morality merely conventional, or are there objective standards of right and wrong? • how can we gain moral knowledge? • why should we be moral? • can there be a science of morality? Over the past thirty years, there has been a great surge of interest in metaethics…Read more
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256The fundamentals of ethicsOxford University Press. 2010.Introduction -- Part I: The good life -- Hedonism : its powerful appeal -- Is happiness all that matters? -- Getting what you want -- Problems for the desire theory -- Part II: Doing the right thing -- Morality and religion -- Natural law theory -- Psychological egoism -- Ethical egoism -- Consequentialism : its nature and attractions -- Consequentialism : its difficulties -- The kantian perspective : fairness and justice -- The kantian perspective : autonomy and respect -- The social contract t…Read more
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333Ethical disagreement, ethical objectivism and moral indeterminacyPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 54 (2): 331-344. 1994.
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