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35Human nature, history, and the limits of critiqueEuropean Journal of Philosophy 32 (1): 3-16. 2024.This essay defends a form of ethical naturalism in which ethical knowledge is explained by human nature. Human nature, here, is not the essence of the species but its natural history as socially and historically determined. The argument does not lead to social relativism, but it does place limits on the scope of ethical critique. As society becomes “total”, critique can only be immanent; to this extent, Adorno and the Frankfurt School are right.
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33Practical Knowledge: Selected EssaysOxford University Press. 2016.In this collection, Kieran Setiya explores the place of agency in ethics, arguing for a causal theory of intentional action on which it is understood through the knowledge embodied in our intentions, and against the rationalist project of deriving norms of practical reason from the nature of the will.
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31Review of Jennifer Summit and Blakey Vermeule, 'Action versus Contemplation' (review)Los Angeles Review of Books. 2018.
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25Life is hard: how philosophy can help us find our wayRiverhead Books. 2022.Infirmity -- Loneliness -- Grief -- Failure -- Injustice -- Absurdity -- Hope.
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8Believing at WillIn Felicia Ackerman (ed.), Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 1981.This chapter contains sections titled: I II III IV References.
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Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Action |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |