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83Science and Moral Skepticism in HobbesCanadian Journal of Philosophy 27 (2). 1997.Here lyes that mighty Man of SenseWho, full of years, departed hence,To teach the other world Intelligence,This was the prodigious Man,who vanquish’ d Pope and Puritan,By the Magic of Leviathan.Had he not Controversy wanted,His deeper Thoughts had not been scanted;Therefore good Spirits him transplant:Wise as he was, he could not tellWhether he went to Heaven or Hell.Beyond the Tenth Sphere, if there be a wide place,He'll prove by his Art there's no infinite space:And all good Angels may thank h…Read more
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26Philosophy in an Age of Pluralism.Philosophical ArgumentsPhilosophical Review 106 (3): 455. 1997.The most important unifying theme in Taylor's work concerns the perceived consequences of the "seventeenth-century revolution" in science. Taylor detects the influence of this development everywhere. And on the whole he does not like what he sees. A characteristic passage reads as follows
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12Moral Philosophy Does Not Rest on a Mistake: Reasons to be Moral RevisitedCanadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 33. 2007.
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5Moral Philosophy Does Not Rest on a Mistake: Reasons to be Moral RevisitedCanadian Journal of Philosophy 39 (5). 2010.
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14Moral Philosophy Does Not Rest on a Mistake: Reasons to be Moral RevisitedCanadian Journal of Philosophy 33. 2007.
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142Moral Philosophy Does Not Rest on a Mistake: Reasons to be Moral RevisitedCanadian Journal of Philosophy 39 (S1). 2009.
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3Reasons to Be Moral Revisted: Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume 33 (edited book)University of Calgary Press. 2010.H.A. Prichard argued that the “why should I be moral?” question is the central subject matter of moral theory. Prichard famously claimed to have proved that all efforts to answer that question are doomed. Many contributors to this volume of contemporary papers attempt to reconstruct Prichard’s argument. They claim either explicitly or implicitly that Prichard was mistaken, and philosophy can contribute to meaningful engagement with the ‘why be moral?’ question. A theme to emerge from these paper…Read more
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8Coalitions of Reasons and Reasons to be MoralCanadian Journal of Philosophy 37 (sup1): 33-61. 2007.
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66Individualism at an ImpasseCanadian Journal of Philosophy 21 (3). 1991.In the world of practical affairs the rights of individuals and the prerogatives of communities often lie in tension. Collectives pursue cultural aims at the expense of the minorities in their midst. Individuals assert their freedoms and deploy their wealth in ways that are inimical to the public interest. There is not one country in the world where some variation of this theme is not being played out. Recognizable communities clash with individuals, just as surely as other individuals do.
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85Toleration and the Skeptical Inquirer in LockeCanadian Journal of Philosophy 28 (4): 473-504. 1998.It is a noteworthy achievement of Western liberal democracies that they have largely relinquished the use of force against citizens whose lifestyles offend their members’ sensibilities, or alternatively which violate their members’ sense of truth. Toleration has become a central virtue in our public institutions. Powerful majorities are given over to restraint. They do not, by and large, expect the state to crush eccentrics, nonconformists, and other uncongenial minorities in their midst. What p…Read more
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96Locke and the Skeptical Argument for TolerationHistory of Philosophy Quarterly 24 (4): 355-375. 2007.
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18Book Review:Skepticism and Political Participation. Aryeh Botwinick (review)Ethics 103 (2): 397-. 1993.
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134Responsibility and alternative possibilities: The use and abuse of examples (review)The Journal of Ethics 6 (3): 281-303. 2002.The philosophical debate over the compatibility between causaldeterminism and moral responsibility relies heavily on ourreactions to examples. Although we believe that there is noalternative to this methodology in this area of philosophy, someexamples that feature prominently in the literature are positivelymisleading. In this vein, we criticize the use that incompatibilistsmake of the phenomenon of ``brainwashing,'''' as well as the Frankfurt-styleexamples favored by compatibilists. We provide …Read more
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Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |