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15Generalization in Ethics: An Essay in the Logic of Ethics with the Rudiments of a System of Moral Philosophy (review)Journal of Philosophy 60 (12): 323-333. 1963.
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17Philosophical Perspectives on Punishment (edited book)State University of New York Press. 1972.“Punishment,” writes J. E. McTaggart, “ is pain and to inflict pain on any person obviously [requires] justification.” But if the need to justify punishment is obvious, the manner of doing so is not. Philosophers have developed an array of diverse, often conflicting arguments to justify punitive institutions. Gertrude Ezorsky introduces this source book of significant historical and contemporary philosophical writings on problems of punishment with her own article, “The Ethics of Punishment.” Sh…Read more
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15Ii. on retributivism and deterrenceInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 21 (1-4). 1978.Alan Wertheimer claims the class of criminals who deserve punishment is identical with the class of criminals who are deferrable (Inquiry, Vol. 20 [1977]). According to Wertheimer this premise implies the conclusion that on ?the retributive account . . . the guilty are punished because we expect to alter (at least some) criminal behavior?. It is argued that this premise does not imply the conclusion
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Truth as a Warranted Performance: A Synthesis of John Dewey's and P. F. Strawson's Concepts of TruthDissertation, New York University. 1961.
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5Philosophical Perspectives on Punishment, Second Edition (edited book)State University of New York Press. 2015._Historical and contemporary philosophical writings on punishment._
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243On the interchangeability of synonymsPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 19 (4): 536-538. 1958.
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28Inquiry as appraisal: The singularity of John Dewey's theory of valuationJournal of Philosophy 55 (3): 118-124. 1958.
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1Pragmatic theory of truthIn Paul Edwards (ed.), The Encyclopedia of philosophy, Macmillan. pp. 6--427. 1967.
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34Unconscious UtilitarianismThe Monist 58 (3): 468-474. 1974.Ordinary men are “unconscious utilitarians.” So says Sidgwick.
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37Retributive JusticeCanadian Journal of Philosophy 1 (3). 1972.Retributivists who proclaim our moral obligation to punish criminals have displayed, on their own behalf, a type of argumant which I shall call Moral Balance. There are three versions of Moral Balance. According to Moral Balance I, retaliatory punishment restores the equality disturbed by the criminal. Moral Balance II philosophers admire the proportion between morality and welfare which punishment can yield. Those who hold with Moral Balance Ill are fascinated by the equilibrium of social benef…Read more
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8On Retributivism and DeterrenceInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 21 (n/a): 103. 1978.
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