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Social Esteem As Moral Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Social Esteem As Moral Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Some strands of feminist and social philosophy suggest that the basis for personhood is having an identity—where identity is not defined entirely in individualistic terms of reason and autonomy and is in fact quite relational. When personhood is conceived in these terms, morality becomes a matter of recognizing persons for who they are, which includes recognizing them as members of social groups. In this paper I explore the notion of esteem as a species of recognition for these layers of identity, claiming that esteem deserves to stand on equal footing with respect as a moral attitude.
Beyond Respect: Complexities Of Identity, Personhood, And Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Beyond Respect: Complexities Of Identity, Personhood, And Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Mainstream analytic philosophy has long focused on a rationalistic conception of persons as the beings that matter morally. This has led to a heavy concentration on respect as a, if not the, core moral attitude. This paper aims to complicate the picture by arguing that personhood is more complex than this, because the identities in virtue of which persons matter are more complex. Persons matter not only as (abstract) persons, but as specific individuals and members of groups. As a result, they should be recognized in corresponding ways that go beyond respect, including love and esteem. Doing so expands …
A Reply To Heathcote's "On The Exhaustion Of Mathematical Entities By Structures", Teresa Kouri
A Reply To Heathcote's "On The Exhaustion Of Mathematical Entities By Structures", Teresa Kouri
Philosophy Faculty Publications
In this article I respond to Heathcote’s "On the Exhaustion of Mathematical Entities by Structures". I show that his ontic exhaustion issue is not a problem for ante rem structuralists. First, I show that it is unlikely that mathematical objects can occur across structures. Second, I show that the properties that Heathcote suggests are underdetermined by structuralism are not so underdetermined. Finally, I suggest that even if Heathcote’s ontic exhaustion issue if thought of as a problem of reference, the structuralist has a readily available solution.
Love As A Regulative Ideal In Surrogate Decision Making, Erica Stonestreet
Love As A Regulative Ideal In Surrogate Decision Making, Erica Stonestreet
Philosophy Faculty Publications
This discussion aims to give a normative theoretical basis for a “best judgment” model of surrogate decision making rooted in a regulative ideal of love. Currently, there are two basic models of surrogate decision making for incompetent patients: the “substituted judgment” model and the “best interests” model. The former draws on the value of autonomy and responds with respect; the latter draws on the value of welfare and responds with beneficence. It can be difficult to determine which of these two models is more appropriate for a given patient, and both approaches may seem inadequate for a surrogate who loves …
Epistemical And Ethical Troubles In Achieving Reconciliation, And Then Beyond, Rory J. Conces
Epistemical And Ethical Troubles In Achieving Reconciliation, And Then Beyond, Rory J. Conces
Philosophy Faculty Publications
My optimism towards reconciliation in places like Bosnia and Kosovo has become increasingly guarded because of certain epistemical and ethical issues. Reconciliation presumes the making of moral judgments about a wrongdoing, judgments that are empirically informed. If the perceptual judgments that are used to do the informing are made suspect because of a lapse in the commonplace self-restraints (or controls) on reasoning or glitches in the regulative ideals or epistemic goods like understanding and intelligibility, then the moral judgments on which they are grounded become suspect as well. This happens to both fanatic and non-fanatic. In this article I explore …