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Stephen Kershnar

Fredonia State University
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  • Fredonia State University
    Department of Philosophy
    Distinguished Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Law School
PhD, 1991
APA Eastern Division
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Fredonia, New York, United States of America
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Areas of Specialization
Value Theory
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Applied Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
Value Theory
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    There Is No Moral Right to Immigrate to the United States
    Public Affairs Quarterly 14 (2): 141-158. 2000.
    U.S. citizens have a right to exclude potential immigrants. This right rests in part on the threat immigration poses to change the character of the institutions to which the current citizens have consented and in part on the threat immigrants pose to the citizens' rights to collective property. This right is probably not opposed by a human right to immigrate since such a right cannot be supported by arguments from equality, fairness, legitimate state authority, or libertarianism.
    Value Theory, MiscellaneousImmigrationImmigration RightsRawls on Distributive Justice, MiscConsequen…Read more
    Value Theory, MiscellaneousImmigrationImmigration RightsRawls on Distributive Justice, MiscConsequentialism and RightsThe Basis of Rights, MiscConsequentualist Approaches to Distributive JusticeWill Versus Interest Theories
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    Sex, Discrimination, and Violence: Surprising and Unpopular Results in Applied Ethics
    Upa. 2009.
    This book is about how the systematic application of some basic principles of applied ethics yields some surprising and very unpopular results. In particular, Kershnar investigate three areas: sex, discrimination, and violence. The book argues that the following are some permissible in theory and practice. (1) Adult-child sex (2) Watching rape-pornography (3) State universities discriminating against women (4) The U.S. denying welfare to immigrants (5) Interrogational torture (6) Assass…Read more
    This book is about how the systematic application of some basic principles of applied ethics yields some surprising and very unpopular results. In particular, Kershnar investigate three areas: sex, discrimination, and violence. The book argues that the following are some permissible in theory and practice. (1) Adult-child sex (2) Watching rape-pornography (3) State universities discriminating against women (4) The U.S. denying welfare to immigrants (5) Interrogational torture (6) Assassination In addition, the book argues that different races likely have different per capita moral value and that equal opportunity is not valuable. These controversial conclusions will no doubt spur animated and thoughtful discussion amongst readers
    Equality of OpportunityImmigration RightsPornographyRacial DiscriminationTorturePedophiliaSexual Dis…Read more
    Equality of OpportunityImmigration RightsPornographyRacial DiscriminationTorturePedophiliaSexual Discrimination
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    Desert and Virtue: A Theory of Intrinsic Value
    Lexington Books. 2009.
    Desert and Virtue: A Theory of Intrinsic Value presents a comprehensive examination of desert and what makes people deserve things. Stephen Kershnar demonstrates how desert relates to virtue, good deeds, moral responsibility, and personal change and growth through the life process. He persuasively argues that desert is a function that relates well-being, intrinsic value, and a "ground," which is defined as a person's character or act
    Desert and Distributive JusticeDesertIntrinsic ValueVirtue Ethics, MiscConsequentialism and Virtue E…Read more
    Desert and Distributive JusticeDesertIntrinsic ValueVirtue Ethics, MiscConsequentialism and Virtue EthicsApplied Virtue Ethics
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