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37Riflessione e individuo in Bernard WilliamsIride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 25 (65): 103-18. 2012.This essay deals with a set of distinctive themes in the thought of Bernard Williams, and focuses on two aspects they all have in common. These are, on the one hand, the idea that the philosophical enterprise is intrinsically reflective in nature, and, on the other, a preoccupation with human beings singly regarded as individuals. By bringing these two constants to the fore, individually and in their interrelations, the essay formulates the general lines of an alternative reading of Williams, re…Read more
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45Bernard Williams, Vergogna e necessità (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2007). (review)Rivista di Filosofia 99 (2): 352-54. 2008.
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10Maurizio Balistreri, Etica e clonazione umana (Milano: Guerini 2004) (review)Iride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 18 (45): 446-47. 2005.
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81Hume e l'etica della virtùIride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 25 (67): 603-15. 2012.In this paper, I present some reasons in favour of an interpretation of Hume’s moral philosophy as a brand new form of "virtue ethics." By discussing some specific issues within the secondary literature in favour and against this kind of reading, I argue that Hume offers better philosophical tools to redefine the basic notion of virtue ethics than the neo-Aristotelian alternative. In particular, I maintain that the strength of Hume’s proposal lies in its pointing toward the unity of character in…Read more
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28Alessandro Ferrara, La forza dell'esempio (Milano: Feltrinelli, 2008). (review)Rivista di Filosofia 101 (1): 123-24. 2010.
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8Iris Murdoch, Esistenzialisti e mistici (Milano: Il Saggiatore, 2006). (review)Rivista di Filosofia 98 (2): 300-301. 2007.
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5Joseph Raz, The Practice of Value (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003). (review)Iride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 16 (40): 655-57. 2003.
University of Pisa
PhD, 2003
Italy
Areas of Specialization
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David Hume |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Normative Ethics |
Moral Psychology |
Meta-Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Action |
Philosophy of Mind |
Applied Ethics |
20th Century Philosophy |