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24Soft determinism, indetermbmism and the justification for punishmentMetaphilosophy 17 (1). 1986.
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13Some Problems with “Making Justice Practical”Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy 4 15-19. 1982.
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105Reconciling Pacifists and Just War Theorists RevisitedSocial Theory and Practice 20 (2): 135-142. 1994.
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16Reconciliation Reaffirmed: A Reply to SteversonEnvironmental Values 5 (4). 1996.In this reply to Brian Steverson's objections to my reconciliationist argument, I have clarified the requirements that follow from my principles of environmental justice. I have also clarified the notion of intrinsic value that I am endorsing and the grounds on which my claim of greater intrinsic value for humans rests
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60Reconciling Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Environmental EthicsEnvironmental Values 3 (3). 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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Moral Approaches to Nuclear Strategy: A Critical EvaluationCanadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 12 (n/a): 75. 1986.
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20Moral Approaches to Nuclear Strategy: A Critical EvaluationCanadian Journal of Philosophy 16 (sup1): 75-109. 1986.(1986). Moral Approaches to Nuclear Strategy: A Critical Evaluation. Canadian Journal of Philosophy: Vol. 16, Supplementary Volume 12: Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence and Disarmament, pp. 75-109
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81Justifying morality: The right and the wrong waysSynthese 72 (1). 1987.Contemporary philosophers offer three kinds of justification for morality. Some, following plato, claim that morality is justified by self-interest. Others, following hume as he is frequently interpreted, claim that morality is justified in terms of other-regarding interests, wants or intentions that people happen to have. And still others, following kant, claim that morality is justified in terms of the requirements of practical reason. In "the moral point of view" published in 1958 and in a se…Read more
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14Just War Theory and Nuclear StrategyAnalyse & Kritik 9 (1-2): 155-174. 1987.I defend just war theory against pacifist, conventionalist, collectivist and feminist challenges that have been recently directed against it. I go on to apply just war theory to the use and threat to use nuclear weapons concluding that under present conditions the possession but not the threat to use a limited nuclear force is morally justified.
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12How to make people just: a practical reconciliation of alternative conceptions of justiceRowman & Littlefield. 1988.To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com
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60How to complete the compatibilist account of free actionPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 41 (June): 508-523. 1981.
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3Human Rights: A Social Contract PerspectiveProceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 55 (n/a): 268. 1981.
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11Human RightsProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 55 (n/a): 268-276. 1981.
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