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149A new theory of Humean reasons? A critical note on Schroeder's hypotheticalismJournal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (3): 1-5. 2007.No abstract.
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187The Iffiest Oughts: A Guise of Reasons Account of End‐Given ConditionalsEthics 119 (4): 672-698. 2009.It often seems that what one ought to do depends on what contingent ends one has adopted and the means to pursuing them. Imagine, for example, that you are applying for jobs, and a particularly attractive one comes your way. It offers excellent colleagues in a desirable location, the pay is good, and acquiring a job like this is one of your ends. If practicing your job talk is a means to getting the job, the following seems true: (1) If you want1 to get the job, then you ought to practice your j…Read more
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437Intuitional Epistemology in EthicsPhilosophy Compass 5 (12): 1069-1083. 2010.Here I examine the major theories of ethical intuitions, focusing on the epistemic status of this class of intuitions. We cover self-evidence theory, seeming-state theory, and some of the recent contributions from experimental philosophy.
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37Nuccitelli, Susana, and Seay, Gary, eds. Ethical Naturalism: Current Debates.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. 270. $90.00 (review)Ethics 123 (4): 776-780. 2013.
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184Developmental Process Reliabilism: on Justification, Defeat, and EvidenceErkenntnis 73 (1). 2010.Here I present and defend an etiological theory of objective, doxastic justification, and related theories of defeat and evidence. The theory is intended to solve a problem for reliabilist epistemologies— the problem of identifying relevant environments for assessing a process's reliability. It is also intended to go some way to accommodating, neutralizing, or explaining away many internalist-friendly elements in our epistemic thinking
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Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Epistemic Normativity |
Moral Epistemology |
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