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113The Idea of a Justification for PunishmentCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 1 (1): 86-101. 1998.The argument between retributivists and consequentialists about what morally justifies the punishment of offenders is incoherent. If we were to discover that all of the contending justifications were mistaken, there is no realistic prospect that this would lead us to abandon legal punishment. Justification of words, beliefs and deeds, can only be intelligible on the assumption that if one's justification were found to be invalid and there were no alternative justification, one would be prepared …Read more
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36Epicurus, determinism and the security of knowledgeTheoria 58 (2-3): 183-196. 1992.The article criticises various interpretations of Epicurus's claim that belief in determinism is self-invalidating: - 'The man who says that all things come to pass by necessity cannot criticise one who denies that all things come to pass by necessity, for he admits that this too happens of necessity.' - especially Ted Honderich's argument that the real force of the Epicurean claim is that if belief acquisition is causally necessitated, we will be excluded from possible facts and inquiries that …Read more
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29Critical historical inquiry: The intersection of ideological clarity and pedagogical content knowledgeJournal of Social Studies Research 44 (1): 35-50. 2020.This paper presents the relationship between pedagogical content knowledge and political/ideological clarity as a framework for understanding the nuanced interpretations and applications of critical social studies pedagogy and practice. Using a qualitative case study research design, this study explores the decision-making process of two novice social studies teachers as they decide if and how to utilize critical historical inquiry within their classrooms. Findings indicate that teachers’ use of…Read more
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19Blaming, understanding and justificationIn A. van den Beld (ed.), Moral Responsibility and Ontology, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 183--197. 2000.
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9Sorting through citizenship: A case study on using cognitive scaffolding to unpack adolescent civic identity formationJournal of Social Studies Research 46 (3): 223-235. 2022.Civic engagement requires individuals to have both knowledge of democratic principles and the skills for enacting change. Acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary for a productive civic life can be difficult for students if they are not provided conceptual scaffolds and opportunities to practice citizenship. We implemented and studied an activity using Westheimer and Kahne's (2004) citizenship typology during a summer civics institute to help students grapple with their understandings of “go…Read more
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5Actions, Intentions, and Awareness and Causal DeviancyThe Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 26 38-52. 1998.In Davidson's example of causal deviancy, a climber knows that he can save himself from plummeting to his death by letting go of a rope connecting him to a companion who has lost his footing, but the thought of the contemplated act so upsets him that he lets go unintentionally. Causation of behavior by intentional states that rationalize it is not enough for it to count as acting. Therefore, the behavior must be caused in 'the right way' or by the Right Kind of Cause. The immediate cause in Davi…Read more
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2Examining the Complexity of Pre-Service Social Studies Teacher Dispositions: Ideology, Experience, and PrivilegeJournal of Social Studies Research 47 (3-4): 245-262. 2023.In this piece, the author examined the impact of ideology, experience, and privilege on pre-service Social Studies teacher disposition. Findings suggest that participants conceptually understood injustice and began to critique social antagonisms like whiteness and class. However, they continued reinforcing raced and classed ideologies in their interactions with those outside their group. When faced with the cognitive dissonance between stated ideology and their privileged position, the more libe…Read more
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Conference Report: The First European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, Aix-en-Provence, 23-26 April 1993 (review)Radical Philosophy 65. 1993.
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Electing for Democracy: Proportional Representation and the Left (review)Radical Philosophy 60. 1992.
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