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The Metaphysical and Epistemological Foundations of Natural Law in Jacques MaritainPhilosophy and Culture 33 (9): 83-98. 2006.Ethical theory today is dominated by utilitarianism and by deontological theories . We also find, though to a much lesser extent, virtue ethics, feminist 'care' theories , social contract theories, and rights-based theories. But often missing from the discussion-and from most ethics textbooks-is natural law theory. Natural law theory has a long history, starting with the Stoics. It is influential outside of the Anglo-American world , and it has its powerful defenders today . But nevertheless it …Read more
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31Empiricism, fideism and the nature of religious beliefSophia 31 (3): 1-15. 1992.Earlier versions of this paper were read to the Departments of Philosophy at the University of New Brunswick and at Saint Francis Xavier University and to the Canadian Societh for the Study of Religion at Queen’s University, Kingston. The authors wish to thank the participants for their comments
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16Rethinking the Role of Philosophy in the Global Age (edited book)Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 2009.
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6BibliographyIn Bernard Bosanquet and the Legacy of British Idealism, University of Toronto Press. pp. 297-308. 2005.
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49Political Obligation in a Liberal State (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 66 (1): 102-105. 1992.
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“馬里旦自然律之形上學與知識論基礎” [The Metaphysical and Epistemological Foundations of Natural Law in Jacques Maritain]Philosophy and Culture 33 (9): 15-33. 2006.Today's ethical theory , both utilitarian and non-ontological theories dominated. However, we found that many of its subsequent development in the evolution of those who encourage virtue ethics, feminist care theory, social contract theory and the theory of rights-based build. But usually lacking in this discussion - the teaching of ethics by the majority of it seems - is the natural law theory. Natural law theory has its very long history, starting from the Stoic school, it had occupied in the …Read more
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30Ecological Citizenship and Green Burial in ChinaJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 29 (6): 985-1001. 2016.In 2012, China officially declared, as a national strategy of governance, the development of ecological consciousness, the promotion of what has been called “eco-civilization,” and the development of “ecological citizens.” In this paper, we argue that the concept of green burial reflects a number of the values underlying “eco-civilization” and ecological citizenship: respect for nature, respect for humanity, and the ecologically-sensitive rational awareness of the “harmony between nature and hum…Read more
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44Human Rights and Cultural DiversityInternational Journal of Applied Philosophy 12 (1): 117-132. 1998.In this paper, I discuss some challenges to the discourse of universal human rights made by those who insist that the existence of pluralism and cultural diversity count against it. I focus on arguments made in a recent article by Vinay Lal but also address several other criticisms of universal human rights-arguments hinted at, but not elaborated, by Lal. I maintain that these challenges frequently fail to distinguish the discourse of human rights from its adoption by certain states to advance f…Read more
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53R.F.A. Hoernlé and Idealist Liberalism in South Africa1South African Journal of Philosophy 29 (2): 178-194. 2010.This paper describes the ‘idealist liberalism’ of R.F.A. Hoernlé (1880-1843), who taught in Britain, the United States, but also at the South African College and at the University of the Witwatersrand. I argue that this liberalism was strongly influenced by the British idealism of Bernard Bosanquet and T.H. Green, but also by key features of Hoernlé's South African experience. Hoernlé's idealist liberalism, I maintain, not only offered a response to the challenges of living in a multi-ethnic and…Read more
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