John Gardner (James Madison University): Publications - PhilPeople

James Madison University
Department of Philosophy and Religion

Undergraduate

Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America

Areas of Interest

Normative Ethics

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

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The ‘war on drugs’ has failed: Is decriminalisation of drug use a solution to the problem in South Africa?
with R. K. Fellingham, A. Dhai, and Y. Guidozzi

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law 5 (2). 2012.

Biomedical Ethics Drugs
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The Mark of Responsibility
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 23 (2): 157-171. 2003.

This paper tackles three common misconceptions about responsibility. The first misconception is that it is against our interests to be responsible for our actions. The second is that our responsibility for our actions is fixed at the time when we act. The third is that we can only be responsible to someone in particular, not responsible full stop. The three misconceptions turn out to be related, and disabusing ourselves of them helps us to rediscover the most fundamental point of the courtroom t…Read more
This paper tackles three common misconceptions about responsibility. The first misconception is that it is against our interests to be responsible for our actions. The second is that our responsibility for our actions is fixed at the time when we act. The third is that we can only be responsible to someone in particular, not responsible full stop. The three misconceptions turn out to be related, and disabusing ourselves of them helps us to rediscover the most fundamental point of the courtroom trial

Value Theory Moral Responsibility Control and Responsibility

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