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45The expressive meaning of enhancementAmerican Journal of Bioethics 5 (3). 2005.This Article does not have an abstract
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259Hopes and DreamsPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 83 (1). 2010.It is a commonplace in both the popular imagination and the philosophical literature that hope has a special kind of motivational force. This commonplace underwrites the conviction that hope alone is capable of bolstering us in despairinducing circumstances, as well as the strategy of appealing to hope in the political realm. In section 1, I argue that, to the contrary, hope’s motivational essence is not special or unique—it is simply that of an endorsed desire. The commonplace is not entirely m…Read more
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108Love, IncorporatedEthical Theory and Moral Practice 18 (4): 691-702. 2015.In this paper, I outline a Kantian moral psychology and use it to generate an analysis of the emotional attitude, love. At the heart of this moral psychology is a distinction between rational and subrational motives, and the thesis that interpersonal emotional attitudes like love are governed by a norm of respect. I show how an analysis of love that relies on this moral psychology—which I call “the incorporation conception” of love—tightly fits with paradigmatic cases of romantic love, reveals b…Read more
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1Why Instruments Aren't ReasonsDissertation, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2004."[R]easons for action must have their source in goals, desires, or intentions....[T]he possession of rationality is not sufficient to provide a source for relevant reasons,...certain desires, goals, or intentions are also necessary." ;So says Gilbert Harman. So say many other philosophers, from Aristotle to Hume to Harman and David Gauthier. To these many philosophers, this is a home truth, as obvious as the nose on your face. And yet as many philosophers---from the Stoics to Kant to Nagel and K…Read more
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39CommentaryHastings Center Report 41 (2): 18-18. 2012.There are instances where religious beliefs can negatively impact a patient's decision-making capability. Any belief system that categorically prohibits psychiatric treatment in all cases is dangerous. The situation is illustrated through a case of a patient with schizophrenia who refuses to acknowledge her disease because of her religion.
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Claremont McKenna CollegeDepartment of PhilosophyMurty And Sunak Professor Of Philosophy, Politics & Economics
Claremont, California, United States of America