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6Just War as Deterrence against Terrorism—Options from Theological EthicsPhilosophia Christi 18 (1): 147-164. 2016.This essay seeks to identify significant theological, philosophical, cultural, political, and moral issues that are raised by the four participants of the exchange on responding to terrorism. It argues that the “just war” concept, as classically developed and refined within the mainstream of the Christian moral tradition over the last two millennia, furnishes the best—indeed, the only morally responsible—alternative to addressing and deterring the terrorist phenomenon, given the commitment to ju…Read more
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1Still Blaming It on My Criminal BrainPhilosophia Christi 16 (2): 443-448. 2014.This essay-response attempts to underscore the priority of broader moral-philosophical questions over specific “difficult” scenarios in which human behavior has been “determined” by genetic predilection or changes in brain structure. That is to say, a society must be capable of making basic moral distinctions—between good and evil, justice and injustice, acceptable and unacceptable behavior—before it can even begin to adjudicate the more “difficult” cases—cases such as those wherein brain struct…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
History of Western Philosophy |