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67Rawls and the Contract Theory of Civil DisobedienceCanadian Journal of Philosophy 7 (sup1): 1-48. 1977.(1977). Rawls and the Contract Theory of Civil Disobedience. Canadian Journal of Philosophy: Vol. 7, Supplementary Volume 3: New Essays on Contract Theory, pp. 1-48
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2Classical utilitarianism and the population optimumIn Richard I. Sikora & Brian M. Barry (eds.), Obligations to Future Generations, White Horse Press. pp. 91--111. 1978.
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28Cooperation, fairness and utilityJournal of Value Inquiry 5 (2): 105-119. 1971.In the situations canvassed I have argued that (a) the dominant aim of the utilitarian will be the establishment of a fair procedure, (b) under radical uncertainty cooperation will constitute his best bet, and (c) when he knowsthat all others will cooperate it is still an open question whether he will slack, and if under some conditions he does so he does not then act unfairly. It is wise to bear in mind, however, that an enormous number of possible situations, mostly mixtures of the pure cases,…Read more
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82Sumner on Abortion: Moral Theory and Moral Standing: A Reply to Woods and SolesDialogue 24 (4): 691-. 1985.I am grateful to John Woods and David Soles for the careful attention they have given to some of the central arguments of Abortion and Moral Theory, though I wish that they had revealed fewer respects in which those arguments were seriously underdeveloped. In what follows I will try to supply some of the needed further development. I address the main points at issue in what I conceive to be their order of ascending importance.
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22Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics (edited book)University of Toronto Press. 1996.How are we to understand the role of bioethics in the health care system, government, and academe? This collection of original essays raises these and other questions about the nature of bioethics as a discipline.
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