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32Caesar's Wife: On the Moral Significance of Appearing GoodJournal of Philosophy 89 (7): 331. 1992.
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74The ethics of interventionPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 57 (4): 851-870. 1997.This essay explores the obligations that may arise from benevolently intended interventions that go awry. The author argues that even when the intervening agent has acted with good intentions and in a non-negligent manner, she may be required to continue aid in cases where her initial intervention failed. This is surprising because it means that persons who perform supererogatory acts run the risk of incurring additional heavy obligations through no fault of their own. The author also considers …Read more
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24Paul Hurley, Beyond Consequentialism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), viii + 275 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19-955930-5. $60 (hbk.) (review)Journal of Moral Philosophy 10 (4): 570-572. 2013.
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147MoralismJournal of Applied Philosophy 22 (2). 2005.abstract In this paper moralism is defined as the illicit use of moral considerations. Three different varieties of moralism are then discussed — moral absolutism, excessive standards and demandingness, and presenting non‐moral considerations as moral ones. Both individuals and theories can be regarded as moralistic in some of these senses. Indeed, some critics of consequentialism have regarded that theory as moralistic. The author then describes the problems associated with each sense of ‘moral…Read more
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4Hume's sentimentalist account of moral judgementIn Alan Bailey & Dan O'Brien (eds.), The Continuum Companion to Hume, Continuum. pp. 279. 2012.
Julia Driver
University of Texas at Austin
University of St. Andrews
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University of St. AndrewsCEPPAResearcher
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Value Theory |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Value Theory |