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135Science, knowledge, and animal mindsProceedings of the Aristotelian Society 98 (1). 1998.In recent years both philosophers and scientists have been sceptical about the existence of animal minds. This is in distinction to Hume who claimed that '...no truth appears to me more evident, than that beasts are endow'd with thought and reason as well as men'. I argue that Hume is correct about the epistemological salience of our ordinary practices of ascribing mental states to animals. The reluctance of contemporary philosophers and scientists to embrace the view that animals have minds is …Read more
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26Beyond monkey minds: Toward a richer cognitive ethologyBehavioral and Brain Sciences 17 (3): 571-572. 1994.
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8Cuándo deberían los utilitaristas ser teóricos de la virtudIsegoría 32. 2005.El contraste que habitualmente se establece entre el Utilitarismo y la teoría de la virtud queda en entredicho en este ensayo. El Utilitarismo puede encamar cualquier conducta, ya que implica que deberíamos mentir, engañar, robar y aun apropiamos de Aristóteles, si con ello vamos a ocasionar los mejores resultados. En algunas situaciones y en algunos mundos posibles, lo mejor se obtendría centrándonos en los rasgos de carácter. El Cambio Medioambiental Global nos lleva al estudio de los caracter…Read more
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4Reflections (4 of 4): Reply to spier’s response to "discourse and moral responsibility in biotechnical communication"Science and Engineering Ethics 6 (2): 285-287. 2000.
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8Animal Rights: a Reply to Frey's Animal RightsAnalysis 38. 1978.In his paper, "animal rights" ("analysis" 37.4), R g frey claims to refute "the most important argument" for the view that animals have rights. We show that no prominent defender of the rights of animals has argued, Or should argue, In the way that frey suggests. Furthermore, We show that there is a plausible argument for the view that animals have rights that is left undiscussed by frey
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4Reflections (1 of 4): Discourse and moral responsibility in biotechnical communicationScience and Engineering Ethics 6 (2): 265-273. 2000.
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21Reflecting on Nature introduces readers to the fields of environmental philosophy and environmental ethics, offering both classic and current readings that focus on key themes - images of nature, ethics, justice, animals, food, climate, biodiversity, aesthetics and wilderness. It helps students to focus on fundamental issues within environmental philosophy and offers succinct readings that explore the central tensions and problems within environmental philosophy
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33The importance of being conceptualJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 45 (2): 117-123. 1986.
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47Book Review:Common-Sense Morality and Consequentialism. Michael Slote (review)Ethics 98 (1): 168-. 1987.
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82David Lewis on ConventionCanadian Journal of Philosophy 5 (1). 1975.In this paper I show that the definition of convention offered by david lewis in his book "convention: a philosophical study" fails to shed much light on "our common, Established concept of convention." first I set out lewis' definition of convention. I then show, Via counterexample, That satisfaction of lewis' definition is not a necessary condition for something to be a convention. I also show via counterexample that it is doubtful that satisfaction of lewis' definition is a sufficient conditi…Read more
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107Sober and Wilson on psychological altruism (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 65 (3). 2002.In their marvelous book, Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, Sober and Wilson identify two distinct problems of altruism.’ The problem of Evolutionary Altruism (EA) “is to show how behaviors that benefit others at the expense of self can evolve;” (17) group selection is the key to the solution of this problem. The problem of Psychological Altruism (PA) is to determine whether people “have altruistic desires that are psychologically ultimate.” (201) After carefully c…Read more
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59On Aims and Methods of Cognitive EthologyPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1992 110-124. 1992.In 1963 Niko Tinbergen published a paper, "On Aims and Methods of Ethology," dedicated to his friend Konrad Lorenz. Here Tinbergen defines ethology as "the biological study of behavior," and seeks to demonstrate "the close affinity between Ethology and the rest of Biology." Tinbergen identifies four major areas of ethology: causation, survival value, evolution, and ontogeny. Our goal is to attempt for cognitive ethology what Tinbergen succeeded in doing for ethology: to clarify its aims and meth…Read more
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525When Utilitarians Should Be Virtue TheoristsUtilitas 19 (2): 160. 2007.The contrast typically made between utilitarianism and virtue theory is overdrawn. Utilitarianism is a universal emulator: it implies that we should lie, cheat, steal, even appropriate Aristotle, when that is what brings about the best outcomes. In some cases and in some worlds it is best for us to focus as precisely as possible on individual acts. In other cases and worlds it is best for us to be concerned with character traits. Global environmental change leads to concerns about character beca…Read more
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49The Rights of Animals and the Demands of NatureEnvironmental Values 17 (2). 2008.This paper discusses two central themes of the work of Alan Holland: the relations between the natural and the normative and how our duties regarding animals cohere with our obligations to respect nature. I explicate and defend an anti-speciesist argument that entails strong moral demands on how we should live and what we should eat. I conclude by discussing the implications of anti-speciesism for rewilding and reintroduction programmes
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160Ethics and intentional climate changeClimatic Change 33 (3): 323--336. 1996.In recent years the idea of geoengineering climate has begun to attract increasing attention. Although there was some discussion of manipulating regional climates throughout the l970s and l980s. the discussion was largely dormant. What has reawakened the conversation is the possibility that Earth may be undergoing a greenhouse-induced global wamring, and the paucity of serious measures that have been taken to Prevent it. ln this paper Iassess the ethical acceptability of ICC, based on my impress…Read more
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16V*—Science, Knowledge, and Animal MindsProceedings of the Aristotelian Society 98 (1): 79-102. 1998.Dale Jamieson; V*—Science, Knowledge, and Animal Minds, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 98, Issue 1, 1 June 1998, Pages 79–102, https://doi.org/
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27Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World (review)Ethics and International Affairs 28 (2): 263-265. 2014.
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9Animals’ Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress (review)Philosophical Topics 12 (3): 271-274. 1981.
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New York UniversityDepartment of Philosophy
Animal Studies Initiative, Environmental Studies ProgramOther faculty (Postdoc, Visiting, etc)