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Samantha Brennan

Moral and Political Philosophy

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Rethinking The Moral Significance Of Micro-Inequities: The Case Of Women In Philosophy, Samantha Brennan Dec 2012

Rethinking The Moral Significance Of Micro-Inequities: The Case Of Women In Philosophy, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


How Many Parents Can A Child Have? Philosophical Reflections On The "Three Parent Case", Samantha Brennan, Bill Cameron Dec 2012

How Many Parents Can A Child Have? Philosophical Reflections On The "Three Parent Case", Samantha Brennan, Bill Cameron

Samantha Brennan

This paper explores the question of how many parents a child can have in light of the creation of alternative models of family.


The Common Structure Of Thresholds For Rights And Thresholds For Options, Samantha Brennan Dec 2012

The Common Structure Of Thresholds For Rights And Thresholds For Options, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

This paper will assume that both rights and options have thresholds. That is to say, I assume rights and options are not absolute. The threshold of a right or an option is the point at which it can be justifiably overridden. If we think that the moral theory which best captures commonsense morality is a version of deontological ethics, the moral theory to which this paper stands to make a contribution is moderate deontology in that the rights and options it contains are moderate versions of rights and options. The question on which it will focus is whether thresholds for …


Fashion And Sexual Identity, Or Why Recognition Matters, Samantha Brennan Dec 2010

Fashion And Sexual Identity, Or Why Recognition Matters, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Responsibility And Children’S Rights: The Case For Restricting Parental Smoking, Samantha Brennan, Angela White Dec 2007

Responsibility And Children’S Rights: The Case For Restricting Parental Smoking, Samantha Brennan, Angela White

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Rawls's Neglected Childhood: Reflections On The Original Position, Stability, And The Child's Sense Of Justice, Samantha Brennan, Robert Noggle Dec 1999

Rawls's Neglected Childhood: Reflections On The Original Position, Stability, And The Child's Sense Of Justice, Samantha Brennan, Robert Noggle

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.