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54The Basis Of Deserved Punishment Is A Culpable WrongdoingJahrbuch für Recht Und Ethik 5 497-516. 1997.The article claims that a person who deserves punishment deserves it because, and only because, she has performed a culpable wrongdoing . The article thus rejects the theory that the basis of deserved punishment is a bad moral character. The argument rejecting The Character Theory of Deserved Punishment is divided into two parts:1) that it is not necessarily the case that an intentional act reflects the agent's moral character, and2) that it is not necessarily the case that a culpable wrongdoing…Read more
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69A Unified Theory Of Intrinsic ValueReason Papers 29 19-40. 2007.There is a series of candidates for the ground of intrinsic value. Different theories posit that the ground consists of some or all of the following: types of experiences, desire-satisfaction, virtue, meaningful relationships, true beliefs, desert-satisfaction, etc. The ground can be local or global depending on whether it grounds value of a spatial, temporal, or fact-specific part of the universe (e.g., Jones enjoying this ice cream) or all facts considered (e.g., the universe over time). In th…Read more
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35Reflexive Retributive DutiesJahrbuch Für Recht Und Ethik / Annual Review of Law and Ethics 5 497-516. 1997.The retributive duty is both held by and owed to the victim of a culpable wrongdoing. This reflexive account fits nicely with a Kantian emphasis on autonomy because the Kantian account allows us to explain how a person can have a duty to oneself. The reflexive account also fits nicely with, and is in part supported by, the notion that a culpable wrongdoer forfeits some of his rights . The waivability of the retributive duty in part explains why it is intuitively permissible for the victim not to…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
| Value Theory |
Areas of Interest
| Applied Ethics |
| Social and Political Philosophy |
| Value Theory |