•  9
    Yves R. Simon: Real Democracy by Vucan Kuic (review)
    Catholic Social Science Review 5 322-325. 2000.
  •  2
    Distinguishing the Sciences: For Nursing
    Studia Gilsoniana 3. 2014.
    The article explores the problem of nursing as a practical discipline and suggests that there are several kinds of nursing science. Following the lead of Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon, the authoress begins with an account of the distinguishing characteristics of theoretical knowledge, to which the term “science” has historically been applied, and distinguishes it from practical knowledge or prudence. Next she reviews Maritain and Simon’s discussion of two intermediate levels of inquiry that…Read more
  •  1
    Book reviews (review)
    with Jeffrey A. Liles, Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, Trudy A. Parmarter, R. Murray Thomas, Tara K. Safoutin, Meghan K. Fanning, Richard D. Lakes, John F. Gallagher, Douglas W. Doyle, Charles Dorn, Karen M. Watt, Ellen McMahon, Edward Beller, Debra Miretzky, Ellen C. Ramsey, Jeffrey Glanz, Burton Weltman, Elizabeth A. Abioro, Kathleen Flanigan, Jill Gildea, Suesi Metcalf Hart, Janet L. Pariza, Kristine A. Servais, Karen Swanson, and Nina Dorsch
    Educational Studies 31 (3): 276-356. 2000.
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    The Definition of Moral Virtue (review)
    Review of Metaphysics 41 (3): 634-635. 1988.
    This book exemplifies the clarity and precision which Simon brought to the various subjects he addressed. Why though, would one be interested in virtue? Do not such theories as the natural goodness of man, social engineering, or perhaps psycho-technology provide us with more fruitful and less difficult means of finding the end of good human action? In a particularly enlightening discussion of the problem of nature and use, Simon shows that theories of the natural goodness of man and psycho-techn…Read more
  • The Intentionality of Knowing and Willing in the Writings of Yves R. Simon
    Dissertation, The Catholic University of America. 1996.
    Simon argues that there is an objectivity possible in moral action analogous to the objectivity found in science. While it does not allow algorithmic reasoning to certain conclusions, it does allow the agent who is determined to achieve the good to attain a relative level of comfort in his choices while acknowledging the possibility of a bad outcome resulting from contingency or unavoidable ignorance. Simon calls this "affective knowledge." He argues that the best way to grasp this "affective kn…Read more