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Emrys Westacott

Alfred University
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  • Alfred University
    Department of Philosophy
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University of Texas at Austin
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1995
Homepage
Tinkertown, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics
Normative Ethics
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics
19th Century Philosophy
Philosophy, General Works
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    2. The Ethics of Gossiping
    In The Virtues of Our Vices: A Modest Defense of Gossip, Rudeness, and Other Bad Habits, Princeton University Press. pp. 53-99. 2011.
    Ethics
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    Relativism
    Philosophy Now. 2001.
    An allegorical elucidation of cognitive relativism which compares our criteria for judging a belief rational or true to recipes for making bread.
    Epistemic Relativism, Misc
  •  145
    Does Surveillance Make Us Morally Better?
    Philosophy Now 79 6-9. 2010.
    The article examines how surveillance may on the one hand discourage us from doing wrong while at the same time making us less moral in another sense, since it encourages us to avoid wrongdoing purely out of self-interest.
    Ethics
  •  48
    5. Why Should I Respect Your Stupid Opinion?
    In The Virtues of Our Vices: A Modest Defense of Gossip, Rudeness, and Other Bad Habits, Princeton University Press. pp. 215-260. 2011.
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    The little things
    The Philosophers' Magazine 26 20-21. 2004.
    This article argues that the supposedly small moral issues in everyday life are worthy of philosophical attention since they reveal much about character, values, and the complexity of moral judgements.
    Value Theory, Miscellaneous
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    Relativism, Truth, and Implicit Commitments
    International Studies in Philosophy 32 (2): 95-126. 2000.
    RelativismRelativism about Truth
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    Moral Relativism
    In James Fieser & Bradley Dowden (eds.), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Routledge. 2011.
    Moral Relativism
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