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(De) scrivere il maleIn Aldo Meccariello (ed.), La plurivocità del male, Aracne. pp. 11--24. 2009.
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24Public Reason and Extension of LifespanSynthesis Philosophica 23 (1): 73-92. 2008.The paper is mainly concerned with the problem of whether the question of extension of lifespan may be included in the constitutional essentials of a well ordered society; either as a right that must be protected, or as a prohibition. More precisely, when put in the terms of a possible prohibition, the question is about whether there are reasons that may be endorsed in the basic legislative institutions of a society, as a matter of the constitutional essentials of a state, as a ground for the pr…Read more
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Duty to Die: Dužnost umiranjaProlegomena 9 (1): 45-69. 2010.In contemporary debates on euthanasia, physician assisted suicide and withholding and withdrawing life prolonging treatments, besides commonly used reasons, which are based on presumption of freedom and avoidance of pain, there is also an idea of a duty to die. Given that individuals are also members of society, and that they have families and loved ones, it is necessary to discuss cases when illness causes severe burdens for lives of loved ones. We consider that patient’s just assessment of dut…Read more
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10Liberal Nationalism: The Autonomy ArgumentProlegomena 7 (2): 153-179. 2008.Must liberalism, in dealing with issues of basic rights and primary goods, take into account national belonging as a particularly important form of cultural belonging? The paper first discusses liberalism which is frequently defined as difference-blind and which considers citizens solely on the basis of some of their abstract and common features. The alternative position is liberal nationalism, according to which individuals and their primary goods stand at the center of considerations of justic…Read more
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13Utilitarianism, Internal Perspective, and the Question of SuicideFilozofska Istrazivanja 31 (2): 263-275. 2011.
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22Il limite e il ribelle: Etica, naturalismo, darwinismo (review)Croatian Journal of Philosophy 4 (1): 166-169. 2004.
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Sergio Cremaschi su metaetica ed etica applicataEtica E Politica 13 (1): 355-361. 2011.Cremaschi’s book presents a critical exposition of the development of contemporary moral philosophy. A virtue of the book rarely found in other philosophical survays is the parallel representation of the themes discussed both in the Anglo-Saxon tradition and in the continental one. The final part of the book is devoted to recent developments in applied ethics
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39Rawls and the Question of Physician-Assisted SuicideCroatian Journal of Philosophy 1 (3): 331-345. 2001.Rawls’s theory of justice is capable of providing an important contribution to the question of physician-assisted suicide (PAS). PAS should be guaranteed as a right to make decisions in accordance with the conception of the good the individual formulates as a rational being. This defense is supported, therefore, by a Kantian premise. But it is also possible to oppose this kind of proposal by relying on differentaspects of Kant’s theory, i.e. on some variant of the famous argument against suicide…Read more
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83Rawls and the Question of Physician-Assisted SuicideCroatian Journal of Philosophy 1 (3): 331-345. 2001.Rawls’s theory of justice is capable of providing an important contribution to the question of physician-assisted suicide (PAS). PAS should be guaranteed as a right to make decisions in accordance with the conception of the good the individual formulates as a rational being. This defense is supported, therefore, by a Kantian premise. But it is also possible to oppose this kind of proposal by relying on differentaspects of Kant’s theory, i.e. on some variant of the famous argument against suicide…Read more
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Carla Bagnoli, Il dilemma morale ei limiti della teoria etica (Moral Dilemma and the Limits of Ethical Theory)Croatian Journal of Philosophy 8 208-211. 2003.
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9Medical Ethics, Ordinary Concepts and Ordinary LivesCroatian Journal of Philosophy 9 (3): 317-329. 2009.Two issues in Cowley’s book Medical Ethics, Ordinary Concepts and Ordinary Lives are discussed. The first is methodological and it concerns the relation between the personal and the impersonal perspectives. An apparent problem is represented by some uncertainties in the interpretation of their relation in Cowley’s proposal. In some cases presented by Cowley, although the agents do not give up the requirements of the personal perspective, their actions correspond to the requirements of the impers…Read more
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20Liberalni nacionalizam: argument autonomijeProlegomena 7 (2): 153-179. 2008.Must liberalism, in dealing with issues of basic rights and primary goods, take into account national belonging as a particularly important form of cultural belonging? The paper first discusses liberalism which is frequently defined as difference-blind and which considers citizens solely on the basis of some of their abstract and common features. The alternative position is liberal nationalism, according to which individuals and their primary goods stand at the center of considerations of justic…Read more
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1The Moral and Cognitive Value of ArtEtica E Politica 15 (1): 474-505. 2013.This paper is about the notions of the artistic, aesthetic, cognitive and moral value of art and their interconnectedness. The main concern is to try to advocate the cognitivist claim about the artistic value of artworks’ contribution to the advance of knowledge, as well as for the relevance of the moral dimension for artistic value. This is a discussion of the intersection of the debate about moral and aesthetic value. The central part of the paper is focused on a debate with Peter Lamarque. Th…Read more
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34Giustizia e conflitti di valori (Justice and Conflicts of Values) (review)Croatian Journal of Philosophy 11 (2): 249-255. 2011.
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45Reflective equilibrium and methodology of scienceInternational Studies in the Philosophy of Science 6 (3). 1992.Abstract In The Rational and the Social James Brown argues against the use of the method of reflective equilibrium in attempting to justify methodological norms. For, according to Brown, this would involve a circularity for that method presupposes an account of good scientific practice. In this paper it is argued that the method can be sustained without such a presupposition using either conherentism, reliabilism or defeasible foundationalism. That being so there is no circularity in applying it…Read more
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Emanuela Ceva, Giustizia e conflitti di valori: Una proposta procedurale (Justice and Conflicts of Values: A Proceduralist Proposal)Croatian Journal of Philosophy 32 249-255. 2011.
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12Liberal Nationalism: The Argument of Self-RespectFilozofska Istrazivanja 30 (1-2): 295-310. 2010.
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9Utilitarizam, unutarnja perspektiva i pitanje samoubojstvaFilozofska Istrazivanja 31 (2): 263-275. 2011.U recentnoj knjizi Christopher Cowley je problematizirao shvaćanje racionalnosti koje se nalazi u utilitarističkoj raspravi o samoubojstvu, kao i općenito shvaćanje racionalnosti koje se usmjerava ustanovljavanju vanjskih razloga. Suprotno tome, Cowley zastupa unutarnju perspektivu kao jedinu vjerodostojnu u takvim odlukama. Izravno ću razmotriti njegovu kritiku Richarda Brandta i Davida Humea. Intencija je teksta nuđenje preciznije interpretacije Humea te usporediti argumente za i protiv unutar…Read more
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Scetticismo humeano e filosofia moraleEtica E Politica 1 (1). 1999.James Allan’s book A Sceptical Theory of Morality and Law is an interesting and first–rate attempt of using a humean theory as a model for a contemporary sceptical view in ethics and philosophy of law. In presenting Hume’s theory, Allan explicitly declares that he is not interested in an exegeses of Hume’s theory, but he intends to use it as a critical tool for contemporary moral discussions. Allan’s books surely represents a major contribution to contemporary moral discussions, and some of his …Read more
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97Rational Consensus and Coherence Methods in EthicsGrazer Philosophische Studien 40 (1): 151-159. 1991.The method of reflective equilibrium implies that moral principles received from philosophical reasoning and considered moral judgments received intuitively are finally justified if they cohere with each other. This idea is combined with the proposal of rational consensus (Lehrer), which shows the way in which divergences of judgements could be made to converge. This second method is used to the end of rendering more plausible the intuitions used in reflective equilibrium, and, so, to show the a…Read more
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30Rawls and the Question of Physician-Assisted SuicideCroatian Journal of Philosophy 1 (3): 331-345. 2001.Rawls’s theory of justice is capable of providing an important contribution to the question of physician-assisted suicide (PAS). PAS should be guaranteed as a right to make decisions in accordance with the conception of the good the individual formulates as a rational being. This defense is supported, therefore, by a Kantian premise. But it is also possible to oppose this kind of proposal by relying on differentaspects of Kant’s theory, i.e. on some variant of the famous argument against suicide…Read more
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