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6Brief notes on reasons for action in John Stuart Mill's utilitarian ethicsPólemos - Revista de Estudantes de Filosofia da Universidade de Brasília 11 (23): 141-157. 2022.Our aim in this essay is to make some reflections on John Stuart Mill’s utilitarian ethics’ possible contributions about the discussion on reasons for action. We tried to do this mainly exposing the arguments from the chapters “What utilitarianism is” and “Of the ultimate sanction of the principle of Utility” from his “Utilitarianism”. Our efforts for this attempt are spent at three different ways: in the first two, we tried to reconstruct the argument put forward by the Victorian philosop…Read more
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9Brief notes on reasons for action in Hume's InquiriesKínesis - Revista de Estudos Dos Pós-Graduandos Em Filosofia 15 (39): 255-275. 2023.Our aim in this essay is to present some David Hume’s contributions on reasons for action’s debate. We tried to do this mainly from the discussions presented in the chapters “Of liberty and necessity”, from his An enquiry concerning human understanding, and “Of the general principles of morals” and “Concerning moral sentiment”, both from his An enquiry concerning the principles of morals. Starting from Bernard Williams' provocation in his description of what would be a “sub-Humean” model about r…Read more
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University of PennsylvaniaThe Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department)Visiting Scholar
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Universidade Caxias Do Sul
Alumnus
APA Eastern Division
Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil