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Miles Unterreiner

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    The Paradox of the Benefiting Samaritan
    Journal of Practical Ethics 7 (Supplementary): 13-33. 2019.
    Many persons believe that benefiting from injustice can be morally wrong. Philosophers have developed several compelling theories to justify this intuition. These theories, however, may have a difficult time explaining a particular set of benefit-from-injustice cases: cases in which the beneficiary subjectively opposes the injustice from which she objectively benefits. This paper suggests that our moral duties to disgorge the benefits of injustice may vary in proportion to our subjective intent …Read more
    Philosophy, Miscellaneous
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    Going Viral: Vaccines, Free Speech, and the Harm Principle
    Journal of Practical Ethics 4 (1). 2016.
    This paper analyzes the case of public anti-vaccine campaigns and examines whether there may be a normative case for placing limitations on public speech of this type on harm principle grounds. It suggests that there is such a case; outlines a framework for when this case applies; and considers seven objections to the case for limitation. While not definitive, the case that some limitation should be placed on empirically false and harmful speech is stronger than it at first appears.
    Philosophy, General WorksPhilosophy, Miscellaneous