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Can A Pluralistic Commonwealth Endure?, Brian M. Mccall

Brian M McCall

This article considers whether the American pluralist system can satisfy Cicero's definition of a commonwealth as a multitude united in a definition of law and justice. The analysis is based upon a review of Thaddeus Kozinski's book, The Problem or Religious Pluralism and Why Philosophers Can't Solve It. This book critiques the philosophy of John Rawls, Jacques Maritain and Alisdaire MacIntyre. The critique is based upon Cicero's definition of a commonwealth and the article concludes that a society which maintains a deep pluralism over the first principles of law and justice cannot survive as a commonwealth.

The Desert Of The Ethical, Jules Simon

Jules Simon

La Psicología De La Justificación, Angeles Erana, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

This essay considers the connections between, on the one hand, two kinds of justification, namely pragmatic and alethic, and on the other hand two cognitive systems, S1 and S2.

Lying, Misleading And What Is Said, By Jennifer M. Saul, Melissa Macaulay, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.

Herder And Pragmatics, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.

Epistemología De La Techne: A Propósito Del Fraude Informático, Fernando Muñoz

Fernando Muñoz

Are machines different from men? Chilean legal doctrine on informatics fraud so declares, when summoning the legislator to criminalise this evil. With the purpose of problematising the epistemological assumptions that sustain this doctrinal thesis, this work relativizes the ontological dualism that distinguishes men from machines through a philosophical exploration of deceit.

Deleuze & Guattari And Minor Marxism, Eugene W. Holland

Eugene W Holland

This paper suggests a version of Marxism - a minor Marxism - derived from Deleuze & Guattari's political philosophy.

What Does It Mean For Something To Exist?, Lajos L. Brons

Lajos Brons

(first paragraph; not abstract) - Ontology is often described as the inquiry into what exists, but there is some disagreement among (meta-) ontologists about what “existence” means and whether there are different kinds or senses of “existence” or just one; that is, whether “existence” is equivocal or univocal. Furthermore, there is a growing number of philosophers (many of whom take inspiration from Aristotle’s metaphysical writings) who argue that ontology should not be concerned so much with what exists, but with what is fundamental or real (or something similar). Each of the positions in this debate is centered on a concept …

Review Of Jiang: A Confucian Constitutional Order - How China’S Ancient Past Can Shape Its Political Future, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

Search, Seizure, And Immunity: Second-Order Normative Authority And Rights, Stephen E. Henderson, Kelly Sorensen

Stephen E Henderson

A paradigmatic aspect of a paradigmatic kind of right is that the rights holder is the only one who can alienate it. When individuals waive rights, the normative source of that waiving is normally taken to be the individual herself. This moral feature—immunity—is usually in the background of discussions about rights. We bring it into the foreground here, with specific attention to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Kentucky v. King (2011), concerning search and seizure rights. An entailment of the Court’s decision is that, at least in some cases, a right can be removed by the intentional actions of …

Reply To Critics [Of Sagehood], Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

Immortal Curiosity, Attila Tanyi, Karl Karlander

Attila Tanyi

The paper discusses Bernard Williams’ argument that immortality is rationally undesirable because it leads to insufferable boredom. We first spell out Williams’ argument in the form of a dilemma. We then show that the first horn of this dilemma, namely Williams’ requirement of the constancy of character of the immortal, is defensible. We next argue against a recent attempt that accepts the dilemma, but rejects the conclusion Williams draws from it. From these we conclude that blocking the second horn of the dilemma is the best way to respond to Williams. Our objection contends that Williams overlooks a basic feature …

Silencing Desires?, Attila Tanyi

Attila Tanyi

Mennyire Lehet Nehéz? A Túlzott Követelések Ellenvetésének Újszerű Megközelítései (‘How Hard Can It Get? Novel Approaches To The Overdemandingness Objection’), Attila Tanyi

Attila Tanyi

The paper begins with a detailed discussion of the Overdemandingness Objection to consequentialism. It argues that the best interpretation of the Objection is the one that focuses on reasons: consequentialism is overdemanding because it demands us, with decisive force, to do things that, intuitively, we do not have decisive reason to do. After this, the paper goes on to offer three – so far in the literature unpursued – responses to the Objection. The first puts forward a constitutive role of instutions in determining and, in face of the Objection, lowering the demands of consequentialism; the second argues that consequentialism …