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1John King-Farlow and Sean O'Connell, Self-Conflict and Self Healing Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 8 (6): 223-225. 1988.
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55Morality and mental health are now inseparably linked in our view of character. Alcoholics are sick, yet they are punished for drunk driving. Drug addicts are criminals, but their punishment can be court ordered therapy. The line between character flaws and personality disorders has become fuzzy, with even the seven deadly sins seen as mental disorders. In addition to pathologizing wrong-doing, we also psychologize virtue; self-respect becomes self-esteem, integrity becomes psychological integra…Read more
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9Rationalization and responsibility: A reply to WhisnerJournal of Social Philosophy 23 (2): 176-184. 1992.
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39Provoking Thoughts on Professionalism (review)International Journal of Applied Philosophy 16 (2): 279-283. 2002.In this book, Michael Davis, one of the most insightful writers on professional ethics, substantially revises and integrates fifteen of his previously published articles, making them available to a wider audience. Several professions are emphasized: law, engineering, and police work (including international law enforcement). Yet the topics discussed have relevance to all areas of professional ethics: defining professions, the moral authority of professional codes, intelligently interpreting code…Read more
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10Memoir Ethics: Good Lives and the VirtuesLexington Books. 2016.Memoir Ethics: Good Lives and the Virtues is a philosophical study of moral themes in memoirs. It explores how memoirists present and defend perspectives on good lives. Particular attention is paid to the interplay of the virtues, including their interplay with additional types of values in good lives. More generally, it explores the relevance of memoir to moral philosophy and, in turn, how moral philosophy enters into elucidating and critiquing memoirs.
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19Depression and Moral Health: A Response to the CommentaryPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 6 (4): 295-298. 1999.
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38Good Fortune Obligates: Gratitude, Philanthropy, and ColonialismSouthern Journal of Philosophy 37 (1): 57-75. 1999.
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42Advocating ValuesTeaching Philosophy 20 (1): 19-34. 1997.With reference to the “Campus Wars” debates, this paper argues that within the classroom, professional responsibilities justify professors advocating for personal commitments which are pertinent to their discipline. In fact, given a professor’s commitment to pursuing truth in the classroom, this advocacy is both inevitable and desirable. The question to ask, then, is what separates appropriate from inappropriate forms of influence on students. The author draws on the American Association of Univ…Read more
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14Truth and Healing a Veteran's DepressionPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 16 (3): 229-231. 2009.
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220Meaningful work: rethinking professional ethicsOxford University Press. 2000.As commonly understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas--the responsibilities incumbent on all members of specific professions joined together with the dilemmas that arise when these responsibilities conflict. Martin challenges this "consensus paradigm" as he rethinks professional ethics to include personal commitments and ideals, of which many are not mandatory. Using specific examples from a wide range of professions, including medicine, law, high school tea…Read more
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43Happiness, Virtue, and Truth in Cohen’s Logic-Based Therapy (review)International Journal of Applied Philosophy 21 (1): 129-133. 2007.
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47Depression: Illness, insight, and identityPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 6 (4): 271-286. 1999.
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99Personality Disorders and Moral ResponsibilityPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 17 (2): 127-129. 2010.In “Personality Disorders: Moral or Medical Kinds—or Both?” Peter Zachar and Nancy Nyquist Potter (2010) reject any general dichotomy between morality and mental health, and specifically between character vices and personality disorders. In doing so, they provide a nuanced and illuminating discussion that connects Aristotelian virtue ethics to a multidimensional understanding of personality disorders. I share their conviction that dissolving morality–health dichotomies is the starting point for …Read more
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2Love, sex and relationshipsIn S. van Hooft, N. Athanassoulis, J. Kawall, J. Oakley & L. van Zyl (eds.), The handbook of virtue ethics, Acumen Publishing. pp. 242--251. 2014.
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71Happiness and the Good LifeOup Usa. 2012.What is happiness? How is it related to morality and virtue? Does living with illusion promote or diminish happiness? Is it better to pursue happiness with a partner than alone? Philosopher Mike W. Martin addresses these and other questions as he connects the meaning of happiness with the philosophical notion of "the good life." Defining happiness as loving one's life and valuing it in ways manifested by ample enjoyment and a deep sense of meaning, Martin explores the ways in which happiness in…Read more
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