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The Territorial Dimension of Self‐DeterminationIn National Self-Determination and Secession, Oxford University Press. 1998.This chapter examines one of the most serious problems with the principle of self‐determination, viz., that this concept does not tell us who the peoples are that are entitled to self‐determination or the jurisdictional unit that they are entitled. It examines indigenous, historical, superior culture, and occupancy arguments for rights to a particular territory and suggests normative principles for thinking about jurisdictional units.
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Perfectionist Arguments for LiberalismIn Foundations of Liberalism, Oxford University Press Uk. 1993.This chapter examines Will Kymlicka's argument in Liberalism, Community and Culture and Joseph Raz's argument in The Morality of Freedom, both of which justify liberal political principles in terms of a conception of the good life as embodying autonomy.
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Rawls and the Abstract ContractIn Foundations of Liberalism, Oxford University Press Uk. 1993.This chapter examines Rawls's argument in A Theory of Justice, which attempts to derive liberal rights and rules of justice from an original position or contract among people denied full knowledge of their identities. This chapter examines problems relating to the derivation of principles from the original position, the conception of the original position itself, and the relation of self‐interest to the capacity of justice.
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Introduction: The Self‐Determination Principle and the Ethics of SecessionIn National Self-Determination and Secession, Oxford University Press. 1998.This introductory chapter examines the debates concerning who are the people and the relevant territorial unit in which they should exercise self‐determination. It distinguishes between three types of arguments concerning conditions under which there might be a right to secede: choice theories, just‐cause theories, and national self‐determination theories.
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Gewirth and the Project of EntailmentIn Foundations of Liberalism, Oxford University Press Uk. 1993.This chapter examines the Kantian argument put forward by Alan Gewirth in Reason and Morality, that morality, which is identified with liberal principles of justice, is entailed in the standpoint of self‐interest, and can be discerned through the exercise of theoretical reason. This chapter argues that it fails to overcome the dualisms that bedevilled Kant's version of this argument.
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Gauthier and the Full‐Knowledge ContractIn Foundations of Liberalism, Oxford University Press Uk. 1993.Gauthier and the Full‐knowledge Contract. This chapter examines Gauthier's Morals by Agreement, which generates principles of justice from the starting point of the individual agent as self‐interested utility‐maximizer.
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IntroductionIn Foundations of Liberalism, Oxford University Press Uk. 1993.This chapter defines the main terms and the project of the book, and specifically situates the problem of the relation of self‐interest and morality in the larger philosophical context.
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Contextual Arguments for LiberalismIn Foundations of Liberalism, Oxford University Press Uk. 1993.Contextual Arguments for Liberalism This chapter examines Rawls's essays published since A Theory of Justice and Charles Larmore's argument in Patterns of Moral Complexity, both of which reject the derivation of liberal principles from a neutral starting point and claim that their liberal principles are justified because they are the most appropriate response to the circumstances that obtain in modern society, and particularly the circumstance of moral pluralism.
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An Alternative Foundation for Political and Ethical PrinciplesIn Foundations of Liberalism, Oxford University Press Uk. 1993.This chapter argues that the analysis of the previous chapters indicates the problems attached to conceiving of morality as rooted in a neutral or Archimedean point from which different principles can be assessed and validated, but that it is more fruitful to root morality within a particular tradition. The problem of moral scepticism and relativism and pluralism are discussed as well as the implications of this approach to moral theorizing for ethical political principles.
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Music and motion picturesIn Theodore Gracyk & Andrew Kania (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music, Routledge. 2011.
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8Philosophical Aesthetics and the Sciences of Art (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2014.Musical listening, looking at paintings and literary creation are activities that involve perceptual and cognitive activity and so are of interest to psychologists and other scientists of the mind. What sorts of interest should philosophers of the arts take in scientific approaches to such issues? Opinion currently ranges across a spectrum, with 'take no notice' at one end and 'abandon traditional philosophical methods' at the other. This collection of essays, originating in a Royal Institute of…Read more
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Philosophical Aesthetics and the Sciences of Art: Volume 75 (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2014.Musical listening, looking at paintings and literary creation are activities that involve perceptual and cognitive activity and so are of interest to psychologists and other scientists of the mind. What sorts of interest should philosophers of the arts take in scientific approaches to such issues? Opinion currently ranges across a spectrum, with 'take no notice' at one end and 'abandon traditional philosophical methods' at the other. This collection of essays, originating in a Royal Institute of…Read more
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25Moving in Concert: Dance and MusicIn Elisabeth Schellekens Dammann & Peter Goldie (eds.), The Aesthetic Mind: Philosophy and Psychology, Oxford University Press. pp. 333. 2011.
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Moving in concert: Dance and musicIn Elisabeth Schellekens Dammann & Peter Goldie (eds.), The Aesthetic Mind: Philosophy and Psychology, Oxford University Press. pp. 333--345. 2011.
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1The Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics, Psychology, and Neuroscience: Studies in Literature, Music, and Visual ArtsIn Arthur P. Shimamura & Stephen E. Palmer (eds.), Aesthetic Science: Connecting Minds, Brains, and Experience, Oup Usa. pp. 31-62. 2012.
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46Philosophie de la danse (edited book)Aesthetica, Presses Universitaires de Rennes. 2010.En posant avec clarté des questions de philosophie de l’esprit, d’ontologie et d’épistémologie, ce livre témoigne à la fois de l’intérêt réel de la danse comme objet philosophique et du rôle unique que peut jouer la philosophie dans une meilleure compréhension de cet art. Qu’est-ce que danser ? Que nous apprend le mouvement dansé sur la nature humaine et la relation entre le corps et l’esprit ? À quelles conditions une œuvre est-elle correctement interprétée par les danseurs et bien identifiée p…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
| Philosophy of Mind |
| Aesthetics |
| Philosophy of Music |
| Imagination |
| Imagination and Imagery |