Natural Law Theory And The "Is"--"Ought" Problem: A Critique Of Four Solutions,
2010
Marquette University
Natural Law Theory And The "Is"--"Ought" Problem: A Critique Of Four Solutions, Shalina Stilley
Dissertations (1934 -)
This dissertation explores the "Is"--"Ought" problem (IOP) as it relates to natural law theory (NLT). It begins with a brief analysis of the type of "ought"--precepts upheld by traditional natural law theorists as well as a consideration of the precise nature of the IOP. Chapter two considers the attempts of Searle and Gewirth at establishing that it is possible validly to derive an "ought"--conclusion from "is"--premises and asks whether their attempts can be imitated successfully by those who wish to uphold the basic claims of NLT. Chapter three considers whether it is possible to bypass the IOP by beginning with …
An Update On Suicide Terrorism,
2010
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
An Update On Suicide Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author considers the potential moral and ethical merits of suicide and suicide terrorism from a historical and philosophical perspective.
Diversity, Democracy And Dialogue In A Human Rights Framework,
2010
City University of New York
Diversity, Democracy And Dialogue In A Human Rights Framework, Carol C. Gould
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University, November 3, 2009
Legitimate Authority, Following Orders, And Wars Of Questionable Justice,
2010
University of Richmond
Legitimate Authority, Following Orders, And Wars Of Questionable Justice, David Lefkowitz
Philosophy Faculty Publications
In this article, the author discusses philosophy teacher David Estlund's belief that subjects of a state with a morally justified claim to political authority have a duty to obey its legal commands to wage a particular war, even if they believe that the state has made a mistake in its reasons for waging the war. The author argues that Estlund's theory also allows for individuals to assess the justice of the wars they fight. He also argues that Estlund's view also holds that individual combatants should not be held accountable for any injustice of a war that the state believes …
Are We All On The M Squad? Murdering Schoolchildren In China,
2010
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Are We All On The M Squad? Murdering Schoolchildren In China, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the phenomena of violent attacks against schoolchildren in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and its relevance to political psychologists.
Students' Perceptions Of Coercion In Research,
2010
Utah State University
Students' Perceptions Of Coercion In Research, Azure L. Midzinski
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine how students perceive the most common methods of recruitment for research participation, and whether these recruitment strategies are perceived by the participants to be coercive. Ethical research guidelines prohibit the use of coercion in recruiting participants. Previous studies in this area have either focused on the perceptions of the researchers, or have approached the concept of coercion in a limited way. This study treated coercion as a multidimensional construct and examined student perceptions. Additionally, participant responses indicated which recruitment practices resulted in a decision to participate in the research. Findings indicate that …
Significant Ethical Breaches In Modern U.S. Government Contracting And Their Impact On The Federal Acquisition Environment,
2010
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Significant Ethical Breaches In Modern U.S. Government Contracting And Their Impact On The Federal Acquisition Environment, Amanda Rose Long
Honors Capstone Projects and Theses
No abstract provided.
Ex Aliquo Nihil: Nietzsche On Science And Modern Nihilism. Acpq, 84-2 (Spring 2010): 231-256.,
2010
Fordham University
Ex Aliquo Nihil: Nietzsche On Science And Modern Nihilism. Acpq, 84-2 (Spring 2010): 231-256., Babette Babich
Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections
This essay explores the nihilistic coincidence of the ascetic ideal and Nietzsche’s localization of science in the conceptual world of anarchic socialism as Nietzsche indicts the uncritical convictions of modern science by way of a critique of the causa sui, questioning both religion and the enlightenment as well as both free and unfree will and condemning the “poor philology” enshrined in the language of the “laws” of nature. Reviewing the history of philosophical nihilism in the context of Nietzsche’s “tragic knowledge” along with political readings of nihilism, willing nothing rather than not willing at all, today’s this-worldly and very planetary …
Worthy Lives,
2010
University of Massachusetts Boston
Worthy Lives, Lisa Rivera
Philosophy Faculty Publication Series
Susan Wolf's paper "Meaning and Morality" draws our attention to the fact that Williams's objection to Kantian morality is primarily a concern about a possible conflict between morality and that which gives our lives meaning. I argue that the force of Williams's objection requires a more precise understanding of meaning as dependent on our intention to make our lives themselves worthwhile. It is not meaning simpliciter that makes Williams's objective persuasive but rather meaning as arising out of our positive evaluation of the value of our lives as a whole. This type of meaning has a normative element: it involves …
The Biopolitical Unconscious: Not-All Persons Are Political,
2010
Macalester College
The Biopolitical Unconscious: Not-All Persons Are Political, Ross G. Shields
Media and Cultural Studies Honors Projects
It is a tenet of post-structuralist theory that discursive series fail in their attempts to constitute themselves as totalities. A system can fail in two distinct ways—from Kant’s dynamic and mathematic failures of reason, to Jacques Lacan’s equation of the two failures of language with the two failures (male and female) of sex. Biopolitical theory offers the most recent account of failure and collapse, now on the geopolitical scale. Given that the biopolitical subject too is sexed, this thesis asks the question: How does biopolitics fail? Franz Kafka’s aborted novels offer a premonition to a possible answer.
Moral Limits Of Dworkin's Theory Of Law And Legal Interpretation,
2010
Boston Univeristy School of Law
Moral Limits Of Dworkin's Theory Of Law And Legal Interpretation, David B. Lyons
Faculty Scholarship
At the foundation of Justice for Hedgehogs is a commitment to moral objectivity – the doctrine that there are right answers to moral questions. This nicely complements Dworkin’s legal theory, which holds that right answers to legal questions depend on right answers to moral questions. Without the doctrine of moral objectivity, Dworkin could not reasonably maintain, as he does, that law provides determinate answers to legal questions.
Background Environmental Justice: An Extension Of Rawls's Political Liberalism,
2010
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Background Environmental Justice: An Extension Of Rawls's Political Liberalism, Edward Abplanalp
Department of Philosophy: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This dissertation extends John Rawls’s mature theory of justice out to address the environmental challenges that citizens of liberal democracies now face. Specifically, using Rawls’s framework of political liberalism, I piece together a theory of procedural justice to be applied to a constitutional democracy. I show how citizens of pluralistic democracies should apply this theory to environmental matters in a four stage contracting procedure. I argue that, if implemented, this extension to Rawls’s theory would secure background environmental justice. I explain why the theory can be viewed as a partially specified political conception of environmental pragmatism, and how it relates …
Book Review Of, Nietzsche And The Transcendental Tradition,
2010
Portland State University
Book Review Of, Nietzsche And The Transcendental Tradition, R. Kevin Hill
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
Reviews the book "Nietzsche and the Transcendental Tradition" by Michael Steven Green
Toward A Theory Of Feminist Hospitality,
2010
Portland State University
Toward A Theory Of Feminist Hospitality, Maurice Hamington
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
Immigration, international conflicts, and world debt have contributed to rising unease over the power relations created by burgeoning globalization. Absent from much of the political rhetoric surrounding global issues is a role for the social value of hospitality. Political theorists and philosophers such as the late Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas have reinvigorated interest in hospitality. This article suggests that the work of feminist theorists such as Seyla Benhabib, Margaret Urban Walker, and Iris Marion Young on issues of identity, inclusiveness, reciprocity, forgiveness, and embodiment can contribute to an alternative theory of hospitality. Consistent with feminist care ethics, the theory …
Why Terrorism? Whose Terror?,
2010
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Why Terrorism? Whose Terror?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author considers terrorism as a competitor for the legally constituted authority and power of governments.
Effort And Moral Worth,
2010
Ursinus College
Effort And Moral Worth, Kelly Sorensen
Philosophy and Religious Studies Faculty Publications
One of the factors that contributes to an agent’s praiseworthiness and blameworthiness — his or her moral worth — is effort. On the one hand, agents who act effortlessly seem to have high moral worth. On the other hand, agents who act effortfully seem to have high moral worth as well. I explore and explain this pair of intuitions and the contour of our views about associated cases.
Book Review Of, Friedrich Nietzsche And The Politics Of History,
2010
Portland State University
Book Review Of, Friedrich Nietzsche And The Politics Of History, R. Kevin Hill
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
Reviews the book "Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of History" by Christian J. Emden.
Forgiveness As New Creation: Christ And The Moral Life Revisited,
2010
Luther Seminary
Forgiveness As New Creation: Christ And The Moral Life Revisited, Lois E. Malcolm
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Deciphering Dignity,
2010
University of Maryland School of Law
Deciphering Dignity, Leslie Meltzer Henry
Faculty Scholarship
This commentary draws on dignity’s usage in law, ethics, and public policy to contemplate a narrow question about what the concept of dignity means in debates about human enhancement technologies. In particular, it considers arguments made by Fabrice Jotterand and other bioethicists who aim to repudiate the transhumanist claim that individuals can enhance their dignity through technological modification. The trouble with the positions on both sides of this debate is that it is extremely difficult to make normative comparisons about human and post-human dignity without first infusing dignity with particular metaphysical assumptions. To that end, the commentary offers a brief …
Of Ethics And Ecosystems: A Bifocal Perspective On Biodiversity Conservation,
2010
Connecticut College
Of Ethics And Ecosystems: A Bifocal Perspective On Biodiversity Conservation, Charles Van Rees
Environmental Studies Honors Papers
No abstract provided.
