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17The moral life: essays in honour of John Cottingham (edited book)Palgrave-Macmillan. 2008.Few contemporary philosophers have made as wide-ranging and insightful a contribution to philosophical debate as John Cottingham. This collection brings together friends, colleagues and former students of Cottingham, to discuss major themes of his work on moral philosophy. Presented in three parts the collection focuses on the debate on partiality, impartiality and character; the role of emotions and reason in the good life; the meaning of a worthwhile life and the place of theistic consideratio…Read more
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548Role Modeling is Beneficial in Moral Character Education: A Commentary on Carr (2023)Philosophical Inquiry in Education 30 (3): 240-243. 2023.
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The psychology of virtue educationIn Alberto Masala & Jonathan Webber (eds.), From Personality to Virtue: Essays on the Philosophy of Character, Oxford University Press Uk. 2016.
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361The milgram experiment no one (in philosophy) is talking aboutJournal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 43 (2): 61-75. 2023.
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955The Phronimos as a moral exemplar: two internal objections and a proposed solutionJournal of Value Inquiry 58 (1): 131-150. 2024.
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145Evaluative PerceptionPhilosophical Quarterly 70 (280): 633-636. 2020.Review of Evaluative Perception. By Bergqvist Anna, Cowan Robert.
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10Analysis of Contextualised Healthcare Ethics Scenarios (ACHES)Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies 4 (1): 83-112. 2004.
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392Mothering VirtuesRevista Portuguesa de Filosofia 76 (1): 319-342. 2020.This paper aims to give an introductory account of mothering in light of virtue ethics. Firtly I set out an argument for the use of the term 'mothering' rather than 'parental' virtues. Then I consider what is involved in the mother/child relationship and criticise the idea that the aim of mothering is the flourishing of the child. I argue instead that the proper aim of mothering is to create conditions condusive to the child's flourishing. Finally, I discuss the virtue of patience as applied to …Read more
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1493Aristotle on constitutive, developmental, and resultant moral luckIn Ian M. Church & Robert J. Hartman (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Psychology of Luck, Routledge. pp. 13-24. 2019.This chapter offers a definition of luck from Aristotle's Physics, considers how this definition of luck from the Physics relates to Aristotle's treatment of luck in his works on ethics and the good life, as well as how it compares with the modern understanding of moral luck.
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4829Virtue EthicsBloomsbury. 2013.What is virtue? How can we lead moral lives? Exploring how contemporary moral philosophy has led to a revival of interest in the concepts of 'virtue', 'character' and 'flourishing', this is an accessible and critical introduction to virtue ethics. The book includes chapter summaries and guides to further reading throughout to help readers explore, understand and develop a critical perspective towards this important school of contemporary ethical thought.
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791The psychology of virtue educationIn From Personality to Virtue, . pp. 207-228. 2016.In this chapter I want to take up the specific question of the relationship between moral education and empirical findings in psychology. I will argue that moral education programmes are theoretically possible and would benefit in their practical application from empirical research already in existence in psychology. I will argue that situationism does not pose a threat for moral education, properly conceived, and that, in fact, educators can and should make use of situational factors. It strike…Read more
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625Acquiring Aristotelian VirtueIn Nancy E. Snow (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Virtue, Oxford University Press. pp. 415-431. 2017.Abstract: This chapter examines the role of the virtuous agent in the acquisition of virtue. It rejects the view of the virtuous agent as a direct model for imitation and instead focuses on recent research on the importance of phronesis. Phronesis is understood as a type of moral ‘know how’ expertise that is supported by a variety of abilities, from emotional maturity, to self-reflection, to an empathic understanding of what moves others, to an ability to see beyond the surface and understand t…Read more
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1167The social nature of engineering and its implications for risk takingScience and Engineering Ethics 16 (1): 147-168. 2010.Making decisions with an, often significant, element of risk seems to be an integral part of many of the projects of the diverse profession of engineering. Whether it be decisions about the design of products, manufacturing processes, public works, or developing technological solutions to environmental, social and global problems, risk taking seems inherent to the profession. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the topic and specifically to how our understanding of engineering as a d…Read more
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8The good, the bad, and the luckyThe Philosophers' Magazine 55 77-81. 2011.Even before we come to consider the influence of luck in terms of the results of our actions or the types of situations we come across, luck plays a decisive role in who we fundamentally are.
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195Review: Love, Friendship and the Self: Intimacy, Identification and the Social Nature – Bennett W. Helm (review)Philosophical Quarterly 61 (244): 662-664. 2011.Review of Love Friendship and the Self - Helm B.W.
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1013A Response to Harman: Virtue Ethics and Character Traits: DiscusionsProceedings of the Aristotelian Society 100 (2): 215-221. 2000.
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187Review of Michael Slote, Morals From Motives (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2002 (3). 2002.
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427Commentary: Who Should Take on the Responsibility of Decisionmaking?Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 19 (3): 413-415. 2010.Should a 9-year-old, severely mentally disabled child undergo extensive operations to limit her growth, prevent development of sexual characteristics, and alter appearance, all in the interests of protecting her from other alleged harms and allowing her to be cared for by her family? I think we should resist engaging with this question, and I think the ethics committee was wrong to accept the burden of making the decision regardless of the outcome they arrived at
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673Akrasia and the emotionsIn John Cottingham, Nafsika Athanassoulis & Samantha Vice (eds.), The moral life: essays in honour of John Cottingham, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 87. 2008.
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109The handbook of virtue ethics (edited book)Acumen Publishing. 2014.Virtue ethics has emerged as a distinct field within moral theory - whether as an alternative account of right action or as a conception of normativity which departs entirely from the obligatoriness of morality - and has proved itself invaluable to many aspects of contemporary applied ethics. Virtue ethics now flourishes in philosophy, sociology and theology and its applications extend to law, politics and bioethics. 'The handbook of virtue ethics' brings together leading international scholars …Read more
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5032The role of consent in sado-masochistic practicesRes Publica 8 (2): 141-155. 2002.In 1993 the Law Lords upheld the original conviction of five men under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act for participating in sado-masochistic practices. Although the five men were fully consenting adults, the Law Lords held that consent did not constitute a defence to acts of violence within a sado-masochistic context. This paper examines the judgements in this case and argues that sado-masochistic practices are no different from the known exceptions cited by the court to the idea that c…Read more
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23Morality, moral luck, and responsibility: fortune's webPalgrave-Macmillan. 2005.This book considers two different approaches to moral luck--the Aristotelian vulnerability to factors outside the agent's control and the Kantian ambition to make morality immune to luck--and concludes that both approaches have more in common than previously thought. At the same time, it also considers recent developments in the field of virtue ethics and neo-kantianism
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848A virtue ethical account of making decisions about riskJournal of Risk Research 13 (2): 217. 2010.Abstract Most discussions of risk are developed in broadly consequentialist terms, focusing on the outcomes of risks as such. This paper will provide an alternative account of risk from a virtue ethical perspective, shifting the focus to the decision to take the risk. Making ethical decisions about risk is, we will argue, not fundamentally about the actual chain of events that the decision sets in process, but about the reasonableness of the decision to take the risk in the first place. A virtu…Read more
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801When is deception in research ethical?Clinical Ethics 4 (1): 44-49. 2009.This article examines when deceptive withholding of information is ethically acceptable in research. The first half analyses the concept of deception. We argue that there are two types of accounts of deception: normative and non-normative, and argue that non-normative accounts are preferable. The second half of the article argues that the relevant ethical question which ethics committees should focus on is not whether the person from whom the information is withheld will be deceived, but rather …Read more
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258Review of Margaret Pabst Battin, Ending Life: Ethics and the Way We Die (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2006 (1). 2006.
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447Educating for virtueIn S. van Hooft, N. Athanassoulis, J. Kawall, J. Oakley & L. van Zyl (eds.), The handbook of virtue ethics, Acumen Publishing. 2014.
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319Training good professionalsIn Richard E. Ashcroft (ed.), Principles of health care ethics, Wiley. 2007.
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268The treatment that leaves something to luckIn Philosophical reflections on medical ethics, Palgrave-macmillan. 2005.
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