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6The Critical Circle: Literature and History in Contemporary HermeneuticsPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 44 (2): 282-283. 1983.
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10How not to naturalize ethics: The untenability of a Skinnerian naturalistic ethicEthics 89 (3): 292-297. 1979.
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The title of our session today is “Virtue Ethics from a Global Perspective.” In my remarks, I would like to sketch out an account of what a global perspective on virtue ethics would look like. Here’s how I’ll proceed. First, I would like to explore some of the reasons why we need a global perspective on virtue ethics. This leads naturally to the second issue, which is a clarification of what we mean by a global perspective on virtue ethics. I shall suggest a three part framework—consisting of th…Read more
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1The Ambiguity and Limits of a Sociobiological EthicInternational Philosophical Quarterly 23 (1): 77-89. 1983.
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5Philosophy and StyleThe Monist 63 (4): 512-529. 1980.It is a tacit assumption among most contemporary American and British philosophers that the question of style in philosophy is, at most, an issue of peripheral importance. Although it is generally agreed that a well developed sense of style may make a philosopher’s work more accessible and thus be a factor in its acceptance by a wider audience, and although it seems self-evident to many that the apparent inaccessibility of much of continental philosophy is due in part to stylistic vagaries to wh…Read more
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Kant's Moral PhilosophyIn Ed Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2012.
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Emotion, morality, and understandingIn Carol Gibb Harding (ed.), Moral dilemmas and ethical reasoning, Transaction Publishers. 1985.
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1The role of imagination in the moral lifeAustralian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics 9 (2): 14-20. 2007.
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2Can Skinner Tell a Lie? Notes on the Epistemological Nihilism of B. F. SkinnerSouthern Journal of Philosophy 17 (1): 47-60. 1979.
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1Reviews (review)Distributive Justice is a truly innovative website, one of the first of what we could call “second-generation” websites in ethics. First generation sites may be rich in content, but typically reveal their origins in a print mindset, if not an actual print format. Although first generation sites may contain many hyperlinks and database-driven searches and pages, essentially they still present the reader—and the assumption is that the visitor is a reader—with successive screens full of information…Read more
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3"Wittgenstein and Metaphor" by Jerry H. Gill (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 45 (3): 465. 1985.
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20Ethics: A Pluralistic Approach to Moral TheoryCengage Learning. 2012.ETHICS: A PLURALISTIC APPROACH TO MORAL THEORY, FIFTH EDITION provides a comprehensive yet clear introduction to the main traditions in ethical thought, including virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and deontology. Additionally, the book presents a conceptual framework of ethical pluralism to help students understand the relationship among various theories. Lawrence Hinman, one of today's most respected and accomplished educators in ethics and philosophy education, presents a text that gives students…Read more
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6Can a Form of Life be Wrong?Philosophy 58 (225): 339-351. 1983.In recent years, a particular doctrine about forms of life has come to be associated with Wittgenstein's name by followers and critics of his philosophy alike. It is not a doctrine which Wittgenstein espoused or even, given his understanding of philosophy, one which he could have accepted; nor is it worthy of acceptance on its own merits. I shall here outline the standard interpretation of Wittgenstein's remarks on forms of life, consider the textual basis for such a reading of Wittgenstein, pre…Read more
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2Martin Heidegger’s Philosophy of Religion (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 18 (4): 490-492. 1978.
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2"Hermeneutics and Social Science" by Zygmunt Bauman (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 44 (2): 281. 1983.
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5The Virtual Seminar RoomTeaching Philosophy 19 (4): 319-329. 1996.This paper explores various methods of developing a website that caters to the pedagogical needs of an introductory ethics course. Incorporating web sites into the course curriculum allows students to access a range of journal articles, a database for relevant secondary materials, and links to helpful websites. Online educational spaces are also an important pedagogical tool to facilitate student discussion. The site can be use for a discussion board for students within the course and from diffe…Read more
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Applied Ethics |
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19th Century Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |