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10Unavoidable Blameworthiness: Moral Dilemmas and Obligations to Do the ImpossibleDissertation, University of Alberta (Canada). 1989.Unavoidable blameworthiness is possible. Against certain ethical rationalist positions I argue that genuine dilemmas and unfulfillable obligations can exist. The first chapter introduces key concepts and theories. ;Philosophers have held that the following positions together are contradictory: genuine moral dilemmas exist; " thinspace'ought' implies 'can' thinspace"; and the agglomerations of obligations are obligatory. The second chapter shows that for some versions of " thinspace'ought' implie…Read more
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6Russ Shafer-Landau, Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 25 (5): 383-385. 2005.
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8Unavoidable BlameworthinessJournal of Philosophical Research 25 275-283. 2000.The Kantian ethical position, especially as represented in Alan Donagan, rejects the possibility of unavoidable blameworthiness. Donagan also holds that morality is learned by participation. But consider: there must be some first instance of an agent’s being held blameworthy. To hold the agent blameworthy in that instance supposes that the agent could have known what morality required so as to be able to avoid blameworthiness. But before experiencing blameworthiness the agent can have no real un…Read more
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Terence N. Tice and Thomas P. Slavens, Research Guide to Philosophy Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 6 (6): 305-307. 1986.
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William N. Nelson, Morality: What's In It For Me? A Historical Introduction To Ethics Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 11 (5): 319-321. 1991.
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1Douglas H. Ruben, comp., Philosophy Journals and Serials: An Analytic Guide Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 6 (6): 305-307. 1986.
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Terence N. Tice and Thomas P. Slavens, Research Guide to Philosophy (review)Philosophy in Review 6 395-307. 1986.
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1Gordon Graham, Living the Good Life: An Introduction To Moral Philosophy Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 11 (5): 319-321. 1991.
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501Unavoidable BlameworthinessJournal of Philosophical Research 25 275-283. 2000.The Kantian ethical position, especially as represented in Alan Donagan, rejects the possibility of unavoidable blameworthiness. Donagan also holds that morality is learned by participation. But consider: there must be some first instance of an agent’s being held blameworthy. To hold the agent blameworthy in that instance supposes that the agent could have known what morality required so as to be able to avoid blameworthiness. But before experiencing blameworthiness the agent can have no real un…Read more
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