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15Identity-neutral and identity-constitutive reasons for preserving natureJournal of Applied Philosophy 21 (1). 2004.Environmental ethicists will often say that in dealing with natural entities we need the guidance of an ethic rooted in 'the intrinsic value of nature'. They will add that subjectivist value theories are unable to account for the normativity of intrinsic value discourse. This preoccupation with normativity explains why many environmental ethicists favour value objectivism. As I see it, value theories must address not only the problem of normativity but also the problem of motivation. In fact, my…Read more
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11What Makes Us Moral? On the capacities and conditions for being moral (edited book)Springer. 2013.This book addresses the question of what it means to be moral and which capacities one needs to be moral. It questions whether empathy is a cognitive or an affective capacity, or perhaps both. As most moral beings behave immorally from time to time, the authors ask which factors cause or motivate people to translate their moral beliefs into action? Specially addressed is the question of what is the role of internal factors such as willpower, commitment, character, and what is the role of externa…Read more
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11Medeplichtigheid zonder causale rolAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 105 (4): 246-248. 2013.Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community.
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11Moral Intuitions, Moral Expertise and Moral Reasoning1Journal of Philosophy of Education 43 (4): 597-613. 2009.In this article I examine the consequences of the dominance of intuitive thinking in moral judging and deciding for the role of moral reasoning in moral education. I argue that evidence for the reliability of moral intuitions is lacking. We cannot determine when we can trust our intuitive moral judgements. Deliberate and critical reasoning is needed, but it cannot replace intuitive thinking. Following Robin Hogarth, I argue that intuitive judgements can be improved. The expertise model for moral…Read more
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5Veit Bader, Secularism or Democracy? Associational Governance of Religious Diversity: Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2007, 386 pages, ISBN 978 90 5356 999 3, € 45 (review)Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 12 (4): 441-444. 2009.
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4Empirical Ethics and the Special Status of Practitioners' JudgementsEthical Perspectives 17 (2): 203-230. 2010.According to some proponents of an empirical medical ethics, medical ethics should take the experience, insights, and arguments of doctors and other medical practitioners as their point of departure. Medical practitioners are supposed to have ‘moral wisdom.’ In this view, the moral beliefs of medical practitioners have a special status. In sections I-IV, I discuss two possible defences of such a status. The first defence is based on the special status of the moral beliefs of the health professio…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |