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Kant's Good Will and our Good Nature. Second Thoughts about Henson and HermannKant Studien 78 (1): 87. 1987.
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The Burdensome Freedom of SovereignsIn Tom Sorell & Luc Foisneau (eds.), Leviathan After 350 Years, Clarendon Press. 2004.The freedom of A Hobbesian sovereign is limited by the freedom of other sovereigns but is otherwise extremely extensive. The other side of the coin of this wide latitude, however, are the huge responsibilities and practical challenges of seeing to the good of the people. This involves both the compulsion of obedience and the permission of enterprise on the part of the many. It also calls for equity in the application of law. Overall, the burdensomeness of sovereignty probably vastly outweighs th…Read more
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Scientism: Philosophy and the Infatuation with ScienceRoutledge. 1991.First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
University of Oxford
DPhil, 1978
Areas of Specialization
Value Theory |
History of Western Philosophy |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
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