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919Virtue ethics and practical guidanceSocial Philosophy and Policy 30 (1-2): 297-313. 2013.In this essay I argue that contemporary accounts of virtue ought to incorporate methods ancient virtue ethicists used in addressing an audience whose members were interested in improving their behavior. Ancient examples of these methods, I argue, model how to represent practical rationality in ethical arguments. They show us that when we argue for virtue we ought to address common claims, refer to moral reasoning as a stepwise process, and focus on norms when making recommendations. Our own ethi…Read more
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800Procrastination as ViceIn Chrisoula Andreou Mark D. White (ed.), The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination, Oxford University Press. 2010.Philosophers often give procrastination an anemic description—a preference, a confl ict, a case of irrationality. Presumably, this is done in order to make it susceptible to analysis. But if one makes use of ethical theory, particularly one with an accompanying account of moral psychology, no arid depiction of procrastination is necessary. An ethical theory that is robust enough—such as traditional virtue ethics—can meet procrastination head on, unhindered by its complex emotionality and opaque …Read more
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652Children’s Agency, Interests, and Medical ConsentHEC Forum 25 (4): 311-324. 2013.In this paper I argue that reference to a developmental account of agency can help explain, and in cases also alter, our current practices when it comes to the non-consensual medical treatment of children. It does this through its explanation of how stages of development impact the types of interests we have
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147Who’s Afraid of a Final End? The Role of Practical Rationality in Contemporary Accounts of VirtueEthical Theory and Moral Practice 16 (1): 85-98. 2013.In this paper I argue that excising a final end from accounts of virtue does them more harm than good. I attempt to establish that the justification of contemporary virtue ethics suffers if moved this one step too far from the resources in traditional accounts. This is because virtue, as we tend to describe it, rests on an account of practical rationality wherein the role of the final end is integral. I highlight the puzzles that are generated by the ellipsis that is “the role of a final end” in…Read more
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25John Kleinig, On Loyalty and Loyalties: The Contours of a Problematic Virtue: New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2010, 315 pp, ISBN 9780199371266, $35.00Journal of Value Inquiry 50 (3): 655-657. 2016.
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15“A Place at the Table: The Bourgeois Deal and Low Wage Workers"Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 9 (2): 25. 2016.
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5Online Data Privacy and the Justification of the MarketIn Luciano Floridi & Mariarosaria Taddeo (eds.), Law, Governance and Technology Series, Vol. 31, Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi (Eds): The Responsibilities of Online Service Providers, Springer, 2016., Springer. 2016.
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1“You Did That: The Devil and Virtue Ethics”In Baker Jennifer (ed.), The Devil and Philosophy: The Nature of His Game, Robert Arp, ed. Blackwell-Wiley, 2014., Blackwell-wiley. 2014.
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“What is Stopping Me? Breaking Bad and Virtue Ethics"In Baker Jennifer (ed.), Breaking Bad and Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan Press. 2016.
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“Visible Hands: The Justification of the Market and Moral Agency”In Charlotte Carroll Smith Thomas (ed.), The Moral and Political Philosophy of Adam Smith, Charlotte Thomas, ed. Mercer University Press, 2015., Mercer. 2015.
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Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |