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23Review: T.L.S. Sprigge,The Rational Foundations of Ethics (review)Philosophical Books 30 (1): 49-51. 1989.
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27Commentary: Practical Wisdom and TheoryCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 21 (3): 404-408. 2012.This paper is an ethical reflection on the real-life case of "Angela", a highly intelligent but severely anorexic young woman who wishes to refuse all but palliative treatment. It is part of CQHE's "Ethics Committees and Consultants at Work" series, in response to the essay, "Starving for Perfection."
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30Stephen T. Davis God, reason and theistic proofs. (Edinburgh university press, 1997). (review)Religious Studies 35 (1): 99-111. 1999.
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88Utilitarian EschatologyAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 28 (4): 339-47. 1991.Traditional utilitarianism, when applied, implies a surprising prediction about the future, viz., that all experience of pleasure and pain must end once and for all, or infinitely dwindle. Not only is this implication surprising, it should render utilitarianism unacceptable to persons who hold any of the following theses: that evaluative propositions may not imply descriptive, factual propositions; that evaluative propositions may not imply contingent factual propositions about the future; tha…Read more
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