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32Feminist Justice and the Pursuit of PeaceHypatia 9 (2). 1994.I argue that the achievement of feminist justice is centrally related to the pursuit of peace, so that those who oppose violence in international arenas must, in consistency, oppose violence against women as well. This requires putting an end to the overt violence against women that takes the distinctive form of rape, battering, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse, and to the structural violence that takes the form of inequalities suffered by women in their families and in the economic arena.
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11Human RightsProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 55 (n/a): 268-276. 1981.
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3Review of Milton Fisk: Ethics and society: a Marxist interpretation of value (review)Ethics 93 (2): 391-392. 1983.
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129From biocentric individualism to biocentric pluralismEnvironmental Ethics 17 (2): 191-207. 1995.Drawing on and inspired by Paul Taylor’s Respect for Nature, I develop a view which I call “biocentric pluralism,” which, I claim, avoids the major criticisms that have been directed at Taylor’s account. In addition, I show that biocentric pluralism has certain advantages over biocentric utilitarianism (VanDeVeer) and concentric circle theories (Wenz and Callicott)
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19From Biocentric Individualism to Biocentric PluralismEnvironmental Ethics 17 (2): 191-207. 1995.Drawing on and inspired by Paul Taylor’s Respect for Nature, I develop a view which I call “biocentric pluralism,” which, I claim, avoids the major criticisms that have been directed at Taylor’s account. In addition, I show that biocentric pluralism has certain advantages over biocentric utilitarianism and concentric circle theories.
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44Ethical Egoism and BeyondCanadian Journal of Philosophy 9 (1). 1979.Consider the case of Gary Gyges, an otherwise normal human being who, for reasons of personal gain, has embezzled $300,000 while working at People's National Bank and is in the process of escaping to the South Sea Islands where he will have the good fortune to live a pleasant life protected by the local authorities and untroubled by any qualms of conscience. If we assume that in the society from which Gyges is fleeing moral standards are generally observed, Gyges's behavior would be obviously im…Read more
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39Reconciling Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Environmental EthicsEnvironmental Values 3 (3): 229-244. 1994.I propose to show that when the most morally defensible versions of an anthropocentric environmental ethics and a nonanthropocentric ethics are laid out, they would lead us to accept the same principles of environmental justice.
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15Contemporary Moral Philosophy and Practical ReasonProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 58 (n/a): 73-83. 1984.
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46A Libertarian Justification for a Welfare StateSocial Theory and Practice 11 (3): 285-306. 1985.
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94A Marxist Dilemma for Social Contract TheoryAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 19 (1). 1982.Marxist social contract theory gives rise to an unwelcome dilemma for would-Be contractarians. For either the state of nature choice situation confronting the parties to the social contract will be defined to include or to exclude the knowledge of the general facts of class conflict. But if, On the one hand, The state of nature choice situation is defined to include such knowledge (particularly the knowledge of the fundamental conflict between the proletariat and capitalist classes), Then it cou…Read more
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11How to Complete the Compatibilist Account of Free ActionProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 53 124-131. 1979.
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