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15Terrorism and Justice: Moral Argument in a Threatened WorldMelbourne Univ. Publishing. 2002.This is the first book to address philosophically the moral and political underpinnings of terrorism and anti-terrorism. It brings together authors with different attitudes and original perspectives on attitudes and ethical and practical justifications for terrorism.
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840Testimony: a philosophical studyOxford University Press. 1992.Our trust in the word of others is often dismissed as unworthy, because the illusory ideal of "autonomous knowledge" has prevailed in the debate about the nature of knowledge. Yet we are profoundly dependent on others for a vast amount of what any of us claim to know. Coady explores the nature of testimony in order to show how it might be justified as a source of knowledge, and uses the insights that he has developed to challenge certain widespread assumptions in the areas of history, law, mathe…Read more
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8Moralism and Anti-moralism: Aspects of Bonhoeffer’s Christian EthicIn Peter Wong, Sherah Bloor, Patrick Hutchings & Purushottama Bilimoria (eds.), Considering Religions, Rights and Bioethics: For Max Charlesworth, Springer Verlag. pp. 63-79. 2019.Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s thinking about ethics and Christianity in his famous book Ethics, an unfinished and posthumously published work representing his most mature thought on the subject, is a fascinating attempt to combine different, and often conflicting, strands in the Christian intellectual tradition. In this article, I outline his thinking therein, analyse the advantages and disadvantages in his approach, and relate it to developments in contemporary philosophy. His critique of an excessive …Read more
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27Kimberley Brownlee: Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, 266 pp indexed. ISBN 978-0-19-959294-4, $66 hardbackJournal of Value Inquiry 50 (2): 501-506. 2016.
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17Challenges for Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical Demand and Political Reality (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2018.Ten new essays critique the practice of armed humanitarian intervention, whereby one state sends its armed forces into another to protect citizens against major human rights abuses. The contributors examine a range of concerns, for instance about potential adverse effects and about ulterior motives.
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1Testimony and ObservationIn Sven Bernecker & Fred I. Dretske (eds.), Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology, Oxford University Press. 2000.
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Questioning Holism: A response to ArchardAustralian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics 7 (2). 2005.
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1The Status of CombatantsIn David Rodin & Henry Shue (eds.), Just and Unjust Warriors: The Moral and Legal Status of Soldiers, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Social and Political Philosophy |