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110Explanation, deliberation, and reasons (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 67 (2). 2003.Jonathan Dancy’s Practical Reality defends a strikingly nonpsychologistic account of motivating reasons for action. I agree wholeheartedly with Dancy that normative reasons do not in general consist in psychological states. I also agree with Dancy that motivating reasons should be understood in a way that preserves their connection to the kinds of normative consideration that recommend or speak in favor of actions. Despite these significant points of agreement, however, I find myself resisting D…Read more
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83Normativity and the WillRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 55 195-216. 2004.If there is room for a substantial conception of the will in contemporary theorizing about human agency, it is most likely to be found in the vicinity of the phenomenon of normativity. Rational agency is distinctively responsive to the agent's acknowledgment of reasons, in the basic sense of considerations that speak for and against the alternatives for action that are available. Furthermore, it is natural to suppose that this kind of responsiveness to reasons is possible only for creatures who …Read more
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8The Rightness of Acts and the Goodness of Lives.”In Reason and value: themes from the moral philosophy of Joseph Raz, Oxford University Press. 2004.
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145Reason and value: themes from the moral philosophy of Joseph Raz (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2004.Reason and Value collects 15 new papers by leading contemporary philosophers on themes from the work of Joseph Raz. Raz has made major contributions in a wide range of areas, including jurisprudence, political philosophy, and the theory of practical reason; but all of his work displays a deep engagement with central themes in moral philosophy. The subtlety and power of Raz's reflections on ethical topics make his writings a fertile source for anyone working in this area. Especially significant a…Read more
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8The Practice of Value (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2003.The Practice of Value is an exploration of a pervasive but puzzling aspect of our world: value. The starting-point is the Berkeley Tanner Lectures delivered in 2001 by the leading moral theorist Joseph Raz. His aim is to make sense of the dependence of value on social practice, without falling back on cultural relativism. The lectures are followed by discussions from three eminent philosophers, Christine Korsgaard, Robert Pippin, and Bernard Williams, and a response from Raz. The result is a fas…Read more
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1Moral psychologyIn Frank Jackson & Michael Smith (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2005.
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1Moral PsychologyIn Frank Jackson & Michael Smith (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2005.
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146Normativity and the will: selected papers on moral psychology and practical reason (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2006.Normativity and the Will collects fourteen important papers on moral psychology and practical reason by R. Jay Wallace, one of the leading philosophers currently working in these areas. The papers explore the interpenetration of normative and psychological issues in a series of debates that lie at the heart of moral philosophy. Themes that are addressed include reason, desire, and the will; responsibility, identification, and emotion; and the relation between morality and other normative domains…Read more
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311Ressentiment, value, and self-vindication : making sense of Nietzsche's slave revoltIn Brian Leiter & Neil Sinhababu (eds.), Nietzsche and morality, Oxford University Press. pp. 110--137. 2007.
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237Practical reasonStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.Practical reason is the general human capacity for resolving, through reflection, the question of what one is to do. Deliberation of this kind is practical in at least two senses. First, it is practical in its subject matter, insofar as it is concerned with action. But it is also practical in its consequences or its issue, insofar as reflection about action itself directly moves people to act. Our capacity for deliberative self-determination raises two sets of philosophical problems. First, ther…Read more
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424Hypocrisy, Moral Address, and the Equal Standing of PersonsPhilosophy and Public Affairs 38 (4): 307-341. 2010.
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64I—R. Jay Wallace: Duties of LoveAristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 86 (1): 175-198. 2012.
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3Justification, regret, and moral complaint: looking forward and looking backward on (and in) human lifeIn Ulrike Heuer & Gerald R. Lang (eds.), Luck, Value, and Commitment: Themes From the Ethics of Bernard Williams, Oxford University Press, Usa. 2012.
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237Duties of LoveAristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 86 (1): 175-198. 2012.A defence of the idea that there are sui generis duties of love: duties, that is, that we owe to people in virtue of standing in loving relationships with them. I contrast this non-reductionist position with the widespread reductionist view that our duties to those we love all derive from more generic moral principles. The paper mounts a cumulative argument in favour of the non-reductionist position, adducing a variety of considerations that together speak strongly in favour of adopting it. The …Read more
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1Constructivism about normativity : some pitfallsIn James Lenman & Yonatan Shemmer (eds.), Constructivism in Practical Philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2012.
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78The View from Here is a study of our must fundamental attitudes toward the past. The book explores the dynamics of affirmation and regret, tracing the connections of each to our ongoing attachments. The focus is on situations in which our attachments commit us to affirming events or decisions that we know to have been unfortunate or regrettable
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32A Modest Defense of RegretIn Ralf Stoecker & Marco Iorio (eds.), Actions, Reasons and Reason, De Gruyter. pp. 87-98. 2015.
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