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41Physics and Philosophy. The First Grosseteste Memorial Lecture. By cherwell C.H. Lord, F.R.S. (London: Oxford University Press, Cumberlege. 1955. Pp. 21. Price 2s 6d.)The Analysis of Matter. By Bertrand russell. Reprint. (London: Allen and Unwin. 1954. Price 25s.) (review)Philosophy 32 (123): 364-. 1957.
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120New Hopes for a Changing World. By Bertrand Russell. (London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1951. Pp. 218. Price 9s. 6d.)Philosophy 28 (104): 79-. 1953.
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16CorrigendaMind 61 (241): 136-136. 1952.Philosophical Studies Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 163, l. 24 for ‘Pocreon’ read “Creon’ and p. 165, l.4 for “Nereus” read “Nessus”, l. 16 for “Corrolate” read “Correlate” and l. 27 for “ Trachinae ” read “ Trachiniae ”. Proffessor Mackinnon should also have been described as Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Corpus Christi College
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10Tryhards, Fashion Victims, and Effortless CoolIn Fritz Allhoff, Jessica Wolfendale & Jeanette Kennett (eds.), Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking with Style, Wiley. 2011.This chapter contains sections titled: Being Fashionable Tryhards and Fashion Victims Effortless Cool Self‐effacing Goals.
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9Ashraf Rushdy, After Injury: A Historical Anatomy of Forgiveness, Resentment, and ApologyJournal of Moral Philosophy 20 (1-2): 149-153. 2023.
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24Good and Evil in Recent Discussion: Defending the Concept of EvilZeitschrift Für Ethik Und Moralphilosophie 5 (1): 77-82. 2022.This paper addresses the question of whether the concept of evil is philosophically adequate. It sets out a secular conception of evil that is sufficiently clear to be used in philosophical theorising. Evil, so conceived, is not merely a fiction or an illusion, but is a moral property possessed by some actions and some persons in the real world. While several philosophers have claimed that it is inescapably dangerous to use the concept of evil, the reality is that the concept of evil, when used …Read more
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22Messy Forgiveness: A Reply to FrickerAustralasian Philosophical Review 3 (3): 274-287. 2019.ABSTRACT In ‘Forgiveness: An Ordered Pluralism’, Miranda Fricker aims to show that two seemingly incompatible conceptions of forgiveness are unified insofar as they ascribe the same moral function to forgiveness. Both Moral Justice Forgiveness and Gifted Forgiveness, she maintains, remove redundant blame feeling. In reply, I contend that Fricker’s two targets do not actually share the same function. Gifted Forgiveness of unrepentant wrongdoers often removes blame feeling that is anything but red…Read more
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71The who, the what, and the how of forgivenessPhilosophy Compass 15 (3). 2020.We are often encouraged to forgive those who have wronged us. Before we can decide whether this is what we ought to do, we had better figure out what forgiveness amounts to. This article surveys recent philosophical disagreements over the nature of forgiveness. Is it only victims who can forgive the wrongs that were done to them, or can third parties also forgive? Is it possible to forgive yourself? When you forgive, what is that you are forgiving? Do you forgive morally wrong actions, or do you…Read more
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139What even consequentialists should say about the virtuesUtilitas 19 (4): 466-486. 2007.In Uneasy Virtue, Julia Driver advocates a consequentialist account of the virtues. In so far as her view is , Driver's account is superior to the psychologically rich theories of virtue offered by Aristotle, Hume and Kant. However, Driver is also committed to about virtue: a trait is a virtue only if it has instrumental value. In contrast, I argue for a form of minimalism, according to which a character trait counts as a virtue if it has either instrumental or intrinsic value. The common intuit…Read more
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39Tryhards, fashion victims, and effortless coolIn Fritz Allhoff, Jessica Wolfendale & Jeanette Kennett (eds.), Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking with Style, Wiley. pp. 37--49. 2011.
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6Two kinds of normativity : Korsgaard v. HumeIn Charles Pigden (ed.), Hume on Is and Ought, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 208. 2010.
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20See the WorldDialogue 45 (1): 69-88. 2006.ABSTRACT: McDowell argues that the shortcomings of recent theories of experience are the product of the modern scientistic conception of nature. Reconceive nature, he suggests, and we can explain how perceptual experience can be an external constraint on thought that, moreover, has conceptual import. In this article I argue that McDowell’s project is unsuccessful. Those wishing to construct normative theories, including theories of perceptual experience, face the normative trilemma—they must cho…Read more
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24Being Evil: A Philosophical PerspectiveOxford University Press. 2020.With the media bringing us constant tales of terrorism and violence, questions regarding the nature of evil are highly topical. Luke Russell explores the philosophical thinking and psychological evidence behind evil, alongside portrayals of fictional villains, considering why people are evil, and how it goes beyond the normal realms of what is bad.
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129Is situationism all bad news?Utilitas 21 (4): 443-463. 2009.Situationist experiments such as the Milgram experiment and the Princeton Seminary experiment have prompted philosophers to warn us against succumbing to fear of embarrassment and sliding down slippery slopes. Yet it would be a mistake to conclude that situationism is all bad news for moral agents. Fear of embarrassment can often motivate right actions, and slippery slopes can slide us away from wrongdoing. The reason that philosophers have seen situationism as bringing all bad news is that they…Read more