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26Extraordinary Evil or Common Malevolence? Evaluating the Jewish HolocaustJournal of Applied Philosophy 3 (2): 167-181. 1986.This essay considers and rejects the hypothesis of Fackenheim, Wiesel and others that the Jewish Holocaust contains some qualitatively or quantitatively distinct moral evil. The Holocaust was not qualitatively distinct because the intentions and vices of the mass murderer are qualitatively indistinguishable from the intentions and vices of the common murderer. The Holocaust was not quantitatively distinct either because the sum of the evils of the Holocaust is quantitatively indistinguishable fr…Read more
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49Peter Hylton, "Russell, Idealism, and the Rise of Analytic Philosophy" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 30 (1): 149. 1992.
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68Killing in war – by Jeff McMahanJournal of Applied Philosophy 27 (2): 212-215. 2010.No Abstract
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21Fame as a Value ConceptPhilosophy Research Archives 12 541-551. 1986.This essay distinguishes personal from generic fame and accurate from inaccurate fame, and claims that only accurate personal fame could possess intrinsic value. Nevertheless, three common arguments why accurate personal fame might possess intrinsic value are shown to be unsound. After rejecting two Aristotelian arguments to the effect that no sort of fame possesses value, the author suggests that fame is valueless if one assumes a modern axiology in which the good life consists of self-regulati…Read more
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14Baruch College and the Graduate Center, CUNYIn Peter Singer (ed.), Ethics, Oxford University Press. 1994.
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15The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 1 (review)Metaphilosophy 15 (3-4): 282-288. 1984.
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41Reflections on Cavell's ontology of filmJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 32 (2): 271-273. 1973.
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9Moral Philosophy and Nuclear Deterrence [review of Anthony Kenny, The Logic of Deterrence ]Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies 6 (1): 85. 1986.
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19Disarmament revisited: A reply to Kavka and HardinPhilosophy and Public Affairs 12 (3): 261-265. 1983.
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4Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West, David Rieff , 240 pp., $20.00 cloth (review)Ethics and International Affairs 10 207-212. 1996.
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90Missiles and morals: A utilitarian look at nuclear deterrencePhilosophy and Public Affairs 11 (3): 189-231. 1982.
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15Fame as a Value ConceptPhilosophy Research Archives 12 541-551. 1986.This essay distinguishes personal from generic fame and accurate from inaccurate fame, and claims that only accurate personal fame could possess intrinsic value. Nevertheless, three common arguments why accurate personal fame might possess intrinsic value are shown to be unsound. After rejecting two Aristotelian arguments to the effect that no sort of fame possesses value, the author suggests that fame is valueless if one assumes a modern axiology in which the good life consists of self-regulati…Read more
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32Ethical Reflections on Company-Owned Life InsuranceJournal of Business Ethics 80 (4): 845-854. 2008.COLI – company owned life insurance – is often purchased by firms on employees in whom the firm has no demonstrable insurable interest. Though no immediate harm comes to individuals insured in this way, purchasing such policies raises moral questions. From a Kantian framework, questions arise about reciprocity and fairness, the deception of employees, the generation of mistrust, and the use of the employee’s life as a means to profit. No compensating social good is served by the sale of these po…Read more
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34Cultural Pluralism Essays On Toleration, Michael Walzer , 128 pp., $16.50 cloth (review)Ethics and International Affairs 12 220-221. 1998.
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The Development of Ethics: A Historical and Critical StudyPhilosophical Forum 42 (3): 269-271. 2011.
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Robert Powell, Nuclear Deterrence Theory: The Search for Credibility Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 12 (2): 135-137. 1992.
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12Ethics and Native American reburials: a philosopher's view of two decades of NAGPRAIn Chris Scarre & Geoffrey Scarre (eds.), The Ethics of Archaeology: Philosophical Perspectives on Archaeological Practice, Cambridge University Press. pp. 146. 2006.
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5Russell's Contribution to the Study of Nuclear Weapons PolicyRussell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies 4 (2): 243. 1984.
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18Moral Principles and Nuclear WeaponsRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1984.To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com