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    Foucault and ethical universality
    Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 47 (6). 2004.
    Foucault's resistance to a universalist ethics, especially in his later writings, is well-known. Foucault thinks that ethical universalism presupposes a shared human essence, and that this presupposition makes it a straitjacket, an attempt to force people to conform to an externally imposed 'pattern'. Foucault's hostility may be warranted for one - perhaps the usual - conception of ethical universality. But there are other conceptions of ethical universality that are not vulnerable to Foucault's…Read more
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    The Meaning of Graceful Movement
    Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 30 (2): 132-143. 2003.
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    Iris Murdoch, Philosopher: A Collection of Essays
    Journal of the History of Philosophy 51 (1): 142-143. 2013.
    This is a welcome volume. The many footnotes of praise for Iris Murdoch’s philosophical work were for many years not matched by actual discussion of it. This collection, long incubated and containing essays by many well-known figures with a continuing interest in Murdoch’s work, is one of several recent signs of this imbalance’s being righted. Anyone interested in Murdoch’s philosophical thinking—spilling over into ways it informs her novels—will find plenty to engage him here. A ninety-two page…Read more