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    Some apparent obstacles to developing a katian virtue theory
    Análisis Filosófico 30 (2): 187-219. 2010.
    Several neo-Kantians have questioned the standard deontological interpretation of Kant's ethical theory. They have also responded to charges of rationalism and rigorism by emphasizing the role of virtues and emotions in Kant's view. However, none have defended a fully virtue theoretic interpretation of Kant's theory. I claim that virtue theory has much to offer Kantians, but that resistance to developing a Kantian virtue theory rests on faulty assumptions about virtue theory. In this paper I cle…Read more
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    The Value of Solidarity
    Southwest Philosophy Review 21 (1): 61-68. 2005.
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    Agent-Based Versus Agent-Focused Virtue Theories
    Southwest Philosophy Review 25 (1): 199-206. 2009.
  • Why the Moral Cognitivist Needs Virtue Theory
    Dissertation, University of California, Irvine. 1999.
    Both the view that moral judgments are cognitive judgments, and the view that moral judgments are intrinsically motivating are appealing. However, the two views seem incompatible. Because of this ethicists have split into two camps: the non-cognitivists who reject the first view, and the moral realists who reject the second view. My dissertation diagnoses the problem ethicists have run into and offers a solution. My thesis is that the view that moral judgments are both cognitive and intrinsicall…Read more
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