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If Dworkin’s theory of civil disobedience is right, then the scientists, given their objections, would not have been justified in civil disobedience. However, they could have been justified, had they chosen to object on grounds provided by just war theory or by an account of democratic legitimacy.
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In this paper, I will attempt to concisely present Moore’s article “A Defence of Common Sense.” It is a collection of discussions of four points, loosely tied together by the commonality that Moore’s position regarding these points differs from positions taken up by some other philosophers.
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The Confinement of Animals Used in Laboratory ResearchIn Lori Gruen (ed.), The Ethics of Captivity, Oxford University Press. pp. 174-192. 2014.
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University of Wisconsin, MadisonDepartment of Philosophy
Department of Medical History and BioethicsProfessor
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |