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    A Short History of Ethics (review)
    Journal of Philosophy 66 (9): 265-271. 1969.
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    Technology is no longer confined to the laboratory but has become an established part of our daily lives. Its sophistication offers us power beyond our human capacity which can either dazzle or threaten; it depends who is in control. _Living in a Technological Culture_ challenges traditionally held assumptions about the relationship between `man-and-machine'. It argues that contemporary science does not shape technology but is shaped by it. Neither discipline exists in a moral vacuum, both are d…Read more
  • Wittgenstein's ethics : boundaries and boundary crossings
    In P. M. S. Hacker, Hans-Johann Glock & John Hyman (eds.), Wittgenstein and Analytic Philosophy: Essays for P. M. S. Hacker, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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    Jonathan Edwards
    Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 19 191-213. 1985.
    For nearly a century and a half after his death, Jonathan Edwards remained America's greatest philosopher. His rigorous, systematic vision coupled with a synthetic, creative imagination were unrivalled until the appearance of that great triumvirate of pragmatic philosophers—C. S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey—at the close of the nineteenth century.
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    Technology: Autonomous or neutral
    International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 4 (1). 1990.
    Abstract Two conflicting visions of technology nevertheless agree that scientists and engineers bear little moral responsibility for their inventions. According to one vision, technology is largely autonomous,? that is, self?determinative operating according to its own blind laws independently of human will. According to the other, technology is fully controllable, but control rests solely with ?end?users? as technology is, in itself, value?neutral. After a brief characterization of the domain o…Read more
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    The Autonomy of Reason: A Commentary on Kant's "Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals" (review) (review)
    Journal of the History of Philosophy 15 (4): 482-485. 1977.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:482 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY with Diderot, in 1773, did not generate any excitement on either side: Diderot found the philosopher far less interesting than the patroness; Hemsterhuis, for his part, thought Diderot in person a disappointment, after reading his works. I wish I could say that I found Hemsterhuis an exciting thinker, as he is presented in Moenkemeyer 's useful and informed study. I cannot. On the other hand, this quiet phil…Read more
  • J. G. Cox, The Will at the Crossroads. A Reconstruction of Kant's Moral Philosophy (review)
    Société Française de Philosophie, Bulletin 78 (1): 114. 1987.
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    Tolerance: Between Forbearance and Acceptance
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2001.
    Tolerance—though seen to be necessary on a world divided by deep differences—often strikes us as grudgingly given and resentfully received. Conceived more widely, however, tolerance can be seen to occupy the difficult, and contested, terrain between merely putting up with and accepting others
  • Michael Martin, Legal Realism: American and Scandinavian (review)
    Philosophy in Review 18 209-211. 1998.
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    Book reviews (review)
    with Peter Lipton, Brendan Larvor, and Paul Abela
    International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 7 (2): 191-207. 1993.
    The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical, and Physical Sciences Paul Humphreys, 1989 Princeton University Press x+170 pp., £12.95 (paperback) ISBN 0 691 020286 8; £25.00 (hardback) ISBN 0 69107353 8In Search of a Better World: Lectures and Essays from Thirty Years Karl Popper London, Routledge £25.00 (hardback)Artificial Morality: Virtuous Robots for Virtual Games Peter Danielson, 1992 London, Routledge £35.00 (hardback) ISBN 0 415 034841; £10.99 (paperback) ISBN 0 4…Read more
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    The Nature of Rationality (review)
    International Studies in Philosophy 30 (2): 145-146. 1998.
  • Robert F. Schopp, Justification Defenses and Just Convictions (review)
    Philosophy in Review 19 141-143. 1999.
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    Jonathan Edwards
    Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 19 191-213. 1985.
    For nearly a century and a half after his death, Jonathan Edwards remained America's greatest philosopher. His rigorous, systematic vision coupled with a synthetic, creative imagination were unrivalled until the appearance of that great triumvirate of pragmatic philosophers—C. S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey—at the close of the nineteenth century
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  • Kant. Ethical Philosophy, tr. J. W. Ellington (review)
    Société Française de Philosophie, Bulletin 78 (1): 120. 1987.