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What Must We Hide: The Ethics Of Privacy And The Ethos Of Disclosure, Anita L. Allen
What Must We Hide: The Ethics Of Privacy And The Ethos Of Disclosure, Anita L. Allen
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Moralizing In Public, Anita L. Allen
Law, Ethics And Mystery, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
Law, Ethics And Mystery, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
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No Other Gods: Answering The Call Of Faith In The Practice Of Law, Howard Lesnick
No Other Gods: Answering The Call Of Faith In The Practice Of Law, Howard Lesnick
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Two Men On A Plank, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
Two Men On A Plank, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
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Can two individuals, each of whom needs a certain resource for his survival, have equal and conflicting rights to that resource? If so, is each entitled to try to exclude the other from its use? An old chestnut of moral and legal philosophy raises the problem. Following a shipwreck, two men converge simultaneously on a plank floating in the sea. There is no other plank available and no immediate hope of rescue. Unfortunately the plank can support only one; it sinks if two try to cling to it. Is it permissible for each to attempt to secure his own survival …
Equality And Affiliation As Bases Of Ethical Responsibility, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
Equality And Affiliation As Bases Of Ethical Responsibility, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
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Lying To Protect Privacy, Anita L. Allen
Lying To Protect Privacy, Anita L. Allen
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Preempting Oneself: The Right And The Duty To Forestall One's Own Wrongdoing, Leo Katz
Preempting Oneself: The Right And The Duty To Forestall One's Own Wrongdoing, Leo Katz
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Economists and philosophers working on problems of rational choice have for some time been concerned with various puzzles raised by so-called "Ullysean" configurations: actors who rationally cause themselves to act irrationally. (e.g., the person who swallows Thomas Schelling's famous irrationality pill to preempt an attempted robbery). What has attracted less attention is that these configurations present fascinating problems for morality, most especially for non-consequentialist morality. This article undertakes the exploration of some of these problems and the implications they hold for the morality of preemptive detention, preemptive self-defense, the creation of prophylactic crimes (like our drug laws) and a variety …
The Religious Lawyer In A Pluralist Society, Howard Lesnick
The Religious Lawyer In A Pluralist Society, Howard Lesnick
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