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41Projectivist utilitarianism and the satisfaction of desireErkenntnis 29 (3). 1988.N. M. L. Nathan's argument that IDP utilitarianism, if universally adopted, is inconsistent, does not succeed. The argument requires that if an IDP utilitarian has only self-regarding desires, then none of these desires can be informed. This rests on a partial misuse of the expression satisfaction of desire. For an individual attempting to realize his self-regarding desires, the satisfaction of the satisfaction of a desire is unmeaning. The naming of an object of the desire is an intrinsic part …Read more
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23The Scottish Enlightenment, and the Theory of Spontaneous Order (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 29 (3): 357-359. 1989.
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21Can the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes Be Appraised?New Scholasticism 58 (4): 483-485. 1984.
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20A Critique of the New Natural Law TheoryInternational Philosophical Quarterly 29 (1): 103-106. 1989.
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18Does Theism Need Middle Knowledge?Religious Studies 25 (1). 1989.David Basinger, in ‘Middle Knowledge and Classical Christian Thought’, has claimed that whether the concept of God's middle knowledgeis coherent ‘cannot be dismissed lightly or ignored by those interested in classical Christian thought. For what is at stake is the very coherence of Christian theism itself’
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18The last two decades have seen Marxism's academic renascence. In fields as diverse as law, literary criticism, history, and philosophy, Marxism once again captivates no small number of scholars. In part, this reassessment is driven by the efforts of a group of philosophers and economists to reconstruct Marx from the ground up on a more rigorous basis. The work of these "Analytical Marxists" -- who include G.A. Cohen, Jon Elster, and John Roemer -- is given a sustained examination and critique in…Read more
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12The Limits of Government: An Essay on the Public Goods Argument (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 32 (1): 138-140. 1992.
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10Rational Powers in Action: Instrumental Rationality and Extended AgencyPhilosophical Quarterly 72 (1): 243-246. 2021.
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8Experience, Explanation and Faith (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 25 (2): 221-222. 1985.
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8Is the Argument from Evil Decisive?Religious Studies 19 (3). 1983.Dale Lugenbehl, in ‘Can the Argument from Evil Be Decisive After All?’ provides a powerful defence of the argument from evil against several theistic objections to it. In my opinion, however, he has failed to prove his case. The question of the consistency of the amount of evil existing in the world with the existence of God remains, after Lugenbehl's argument, exactly where it was before – in a state of uncertainty
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