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153A Natural Science of SocietyBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 10 (38): 160-162. 1959.
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61Dworkin on Autonomy:The Theory and Practice of Autonomy. Gerald DworkinEthics 102 (1): 129-. 1991.
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54Concerning value sciencePhilosophy of Science 21 (1): 54-61. 1954.There has been much discussion in recent years of the possibilities for and nature of “value science.” The present paper is intended to be a contribution to this discussion. One encouraging feature of the bulk of current discussion of value science is that its protagonists have a definite end in view, namely, “human betterment,” taking that phrase in the common sense as covering, at least, a process of creating and maintaining such conditions of life as enable human beings successfully to engage…Read more
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50Social Theory and Social StructureBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 11 (44): 345-346. 1961.
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34Dworkin, Rights, and PersonsCanadian Journal of Philosophy 9 (3). 1979.In Taking Rights Seriously, Ronald Dworkin defends the thesis that some, at least, of the rights people have, and in particular the most fundamental rights such as free speech and religious freedom, are “rights against the state”. By this he means that they identify modes of action that individuals ought to be permitted to carry out, and interference with which ought to be banned, even if a majority in the society prefer that the actions be prohibited or prefer some other condition achievement o…Read more
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31Is a Scientific Assessment of Risk Possible? Value Assumptions in the Canadian Alachlor ControversyDialogue 30 (3): 235-. 1991.Increasingly our society relies upon government regulatory agencies to protect its people, its institutions and its environment from the negative impacts of new technologies. These agencies are saddled with the task of deciding among strongly conflicting viewpoints represented by a wide range of interest groups and “value communities” within the society. When regulatory decisions are made some interests and values are protected while others are curtailed.
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28Liberal NeutralityDialogue 27 (4): 711-. 1988.In Patterns of Moral Complexity, Charles Larmore describes three related ways in which moral and political theory are more complex than is often allowed. He objects to three parallel simplifications: that moral decision making largely consists in the application of rules to particular situations; that the ideals by which we are guided in our personal lives should also do service as political ideals, a simplification which he calls “expressivism”; and that there is but a single source of moral va…Read more
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28Book Review:A Natural Science of Society A. R. Radcliffe-Brown (review)Philosophy of Science 25 (4): 299-. 1958.
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23A dual-perspective model of agroecosystem health: System functions and system goalsJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 10 (2): 127-152. 1997.
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22Society, Law, and Morality: Readings in Social PhilosophyPhilosophy of Science 30 (4): 403-404. 1963.
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20Book Review:Social Theory and Social Structure Robert Merton (review)Philosophy of Science 26 (1): 53-. 1959.
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20The Scientific Study of Social BehaviourBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 10 (39): 250-251. 1959.
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19Book Review:Social Freedom: The Responsibility View. Kristjan Kristjansson (review)Ethics 108 (3): 610-. 1998.
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18A Natural Science of Society. A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1957. Pp. xii, 156. $3.50Philosophy of Science 25 (4): 299-300. 1958.
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18Book Review:Contemporary Philosophy James Jarrett, Sterling McMurrin (review)Philosophy of Science 22 (2): 172-. 1955.
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University of WaterlooDepartment of Philosophy
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Action |
Social and Political Philosophy |