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41Non-Reflective Self-Awareness Towards a Situated AccountJournal of Consciousness Studies 19 (3-4): 3-4. 2012.After some preliminary distinctions, this paper will discuss the merits of higher-order representational theory and same-order theory. A distinction will be introduced between a intrinsic conception of consciousness and a representational variant . It will be argued that the SOIT account of 'non-reflective self-awareness' can be applied to understanding aspects of psychopathology. However, a closer look at specific aspects of schizophrenic experience reveals that we might need to widen the scope…Read more
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41Habermas' "Species Ethics", and the Limits of "Formal Anthropology"Critical Horizons 12 (1): 71-89. 2011.This article seeks to defend two claims: Firstly, that Universalist ethics in Habermas and Rawls cannot function without some recourse to the Good Life, or human well-being. Secondly, that such ethical reflection must involve formal anthropological considerations. In other words, it must involve a consideration of the Good that also encompasses reflection on what we are as humans. As an example, the paper draws on Habermas’ recent thoughts on ‘species-ethics’. I will argue that 'species ethics' …Read more
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12Editor's Introduction: Exploitation ReconsideredSouthern Journal of Philosophy 54 (S1): 5-8. 2016.
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73Authenticity as an Ethical IdealRoutledge. 2011.Authenticity has become a widespread ethical ideal that represents a way of dealing with normative gaps in contemporary life. This ideal suggests that one should be true to oneself and lead a life expressive of what one takes oneself to be. However, many contemporary thinkers have pointed out that the ideal of authenticity has increasingly turned into a kind of aestheticism and egoistic self-indulgence. In his book, Varga systematically constructs a critical concept of authenticity that takes in…Read more
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47The Marketization of Foreign Cultural Policy: The Cultural Nationalism of the Competition StateConstellations 20 (3): 442-458. 2013.
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37Radicalizing Enactivism. By D. Hutto and E. Myin. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2013, 240pp, £24.95. ISBN: 9780262018548 (review)Philosophy 89 (2): 1-5. 2014.
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