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Judging Character, Damian Cox
Judging Character, Damian Cox
Damian Cox
A lot is at stake in character judgment. How we treat others is influenced by what kinds of persons we take them to be. Our rational plans of life depend upon our insights into our own character and the character of those close to us. Given the importance of the way we judge character, the virtues and vices of character judgment deserve much closer attention than they have received in the philosophical literature. Some philosophers have discussed duties of friendship and how they impact upon the beliefs and judgments of friends. However, virtue theorists have had little to say about …
Avatar: Racism And Prejudice On Pandora, Damian Cox
Avatar: Racism And Prejudice On Pandora, Damian Cox
Damian Cox
Wouldn't it be nice if Orson Welles was right? More on this later. Science fiction is a promising way to explore the nature of various prejudices. It seems that by distancing oneself from the prejudices as found in "real life," or one's own backyard, a useful perspective might be obtained. In science fiction, one tends to explore familiar themes in unfamiliar settings; the distant future, strange imagined environments, societies in the grip of imagined technologies. The point of much science fiction is not merely to gape at the strangeness of an imagined future but to use this strangeness to look …
Thinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies, Damian Cox, Michael Levine
Thinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies, Damian Cox, Michael Levine
Damian Cox
An introduction to philosophy through film, Thinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies combines the exploration of fundamental philosophical issues with the experience of viewing films, and provides an engaging reading experience for undergraduate students, philosophy enthusiasts and film buffs alike.
Damned Lying Politicians: Integrity And Truth In Politics, Damian Cox, Michael Levine
Damned Lying Politicians: Integrity And Truth In Politics, Damian Cox, Michael Levine
Damian Cox
Professional roles are often thought to bring role-specific permissions and obligation, which may allow or require role-occupants to do things they would not be permitted or required to do outside their roles, and which as individuals they would rather not do. This feature of professional roles appears to bring them into conflict both with ‘ordinary’ or non-role morality, and with personal integrity which is often thought to demand some form of personal endorsement of one’s conduct. How are we to reconcile the demands of roles with ordinary morality and with personal integrity? This collection draws together a set of papers …
Judgment, Deliberation, And The Self-Effacement Of Moral Theory, Damian Cox
Judgment, Deliberation, And The Self-Effacement Of Moral Theory, Damian Cox
Damian Cox
ExtractIn developing moral theories, philosophers seek to fulfill at least two tasks: to guide moral judgment and to guide moral deliberation. In moral judgment, moral agents assess moral status. In moral deliberation, moral agents decide how to act. It is important to work out how these two things are related. One suggestion is to posit a direct connection between them according to which moral agents are required to deliberate in terms of correct moral judgment. There are various ways of spelling out this requirement. For example, moral agents might be required to rank prospective actions according to a correct moral …