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In this paper I will explore the role of emotions in moral knowledge. I argue that emotions are e... more In this paper I will explore the role of emotions in moral knowledge. I argue that emotions are evolved mechanisms which serve a truth-tracking function in moral understanding. To make this argument I will rely on Richmond Campbell's (2005) hybrid theory of moral judgement. I do not take my paper to be a criticism of Campbell's position, although I will point out a few weaknesses that I see in his theory as presented.
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1 If the pornographic images are too disturbing, you can leave out the DVD portion and just read ... more 1 If the pornographic images are too disturbing, you can leave out the DVD portion and just read the paper as it is. If not, then place the DVD in your player. I will occasionally refer to scenes from these videos as a means of following this male “student” through the film. The “Essay Guide” menu will take you through these scenes.
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Kripke asks why this should seem surprising (Kripke, 394). Kripke states that in interpreting thi... more Kripke asks why this should seem surprising (Kripke, 394). Kripke states that in interpreting this argument, he is using a weak interpretation of 'necessity:'A statement is necessary when, if the objects mentioned in the statement exist, then the statement would be true (Kripke, 394). Kripke is not claiming the sort of necessity that says something must necessarily exist. Instead, he is interested in looking at what could be said about an object if that object exists (Kripke, 395).
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I found Cheshire Calhoun's article to be intriguing and challenging. Calhoun claims that lesbian ... more I found Cheshire Calhoun's article to be intriguing and challenging. Calhoun claims that lesbian theorizing has significantly contributed to feminist thought, however, lesbianism has been treated by feminists as a kind of applied issue. Feminists use theories developed outside of the lesbian context in order to illuminate lesbian oppression and women's relation to women within lesbianism (Calhoun, 1997: 199). Calhoun's charge against feminism is similar to feminism's charge against Marxism.
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Section I: Introduction With his 1979 article “Moral Luck,” Thomas Nagle confronts the deeply tro... more Section I: Introduction With his 1979 article “Moral Luck,” Thomas Nagle confronts the deeply troubling question of how we can hold moral agents responsible in a world beyond our control (Nagle 2002: 296). Nagle takes the existence of moral luck to present a problem for responsibility since “prior to reflection it is intuitively plausible that people cannot be morally assessed for what is not their fault, or for what is due to factors beyond their control”(Nagle 2002, 295).
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Flight is a religious symbol for the search for the sacred. The expansive sky has served as a rem... more Flight is a religious symbol for the search for the sacred. The expansive sky has served as a reminder of infinity and is the abode of the timeless (Schmidt 96) Religions have sought to soar to the heights of the ultimate." The gods may have entered some of the high flyers through the ingestion of sacramental drink or drug"(Schmidt 96). Because entheogens have traditionally been used in religions the War on Drugs in the Unites States is a form of religious persecution.
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In this dissertation I argue in favour of a communicative view of respect for human dignity. This... more In this dissertation I argue in favour of a communicative view of respect for human dignity. This view of respect builds on recent interpretations of Kantian respect as second-personal, but adds an analysis of the ways in which contexts of pervasive structural social inequalities impoverish the epistemic and expressive resources within a society.
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From one perspective when we compare the metaethics of RM Hare and Michael Smith they could not s... more From one perspective when we compare the metaethics of RM Hare and Michael Smith they could not seem more different. Hare is a noncognitivist (Hare 2002, 428), while Smith is a cognitivist (Smith 2002, 527). Hare thinks that facts can be involved in one's reasons for uttering a moral judgement, but that these judgements are not themselves statements of fact (Hare 2002, 429). Smith argues that moral judgements are about objective matters of fact (Smith 2002, 527).
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Prior to the publication of Quine's article,“Two Dogmas of Empiricism,” the logical positivists w... more Prior to the publication of Quine's article,“Two Dogmas of Empiricism,” the logical positivists were very influential. Quine's arguments were powerful because they demonstrated the flaw with the logical positivists' program. The logical positivists wished to show that the invention of modern logic clarified statements about science and demonstrated that statements about metaphysics are entirely meaningless (Carnap, 1959: 60-61). To make this argument the positivists argued that there were only two ways for a sentence to be meaningful.
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Aristotle's virtue ethics addresses the important moral questions:“how should I live?” and “who s... more Aristotle's virtue ethics addresses the important moral questions:“how should I live?” and “who should I be?” Although Aristotle has seldom been taken for a feminist, these very questions are among those identified by many feminist philosophers as the fundamental moral problems (eg Walker, 13). In a discussion with a friend and colleague, 1 we considered whether feminist criticisms against (what Margaret Walker calls) the theoretical-juridical model of ethics would apply to virtue ethics as conceived by Aristotle.
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In this essay I will argue for the importance of the connection between selfrespect and moral res... more In this essay I will argue for the importance of the connection between selfrespect and moral responsibility. First I will argue for a relational notion of self-respect that takes the emotional dimension of self-respect seriously.'Self-respect'originally described a selfish end, or a person with self-conceit (OED). In the last two hundred years, self-respect has acquired more positive connotations of,“proper regard for the dignity of one's person or one's position”(OED).
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Ryle's book, The Concept of Mind was first published in 1949. It was an important and controversi... more Ryle's book, The Concept of Mind was first published in 1949. It was an important and controversial piece of work. In 1951, the Journal of Philosophy dedicated an entire issue to criticism of Ryle's work. In this essay I will look at Ryle's test for when an philosophical theory has gone wrong and how Ryle applied this test to Cartesian dualism; the doctrine that Ryle has named “the dogma of the ghost in the machine”(Ryle,“Descartes' Myth”: 296).
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I intend to defend epistemic responsibility against Stephen Hetherington's charges presented in t... more I intend to defend epistemic responsibility against Stephen Hetherington's charges presented in the article “Epistemic Responsibility: A Dilemma.” Hetherington's article makes some assumptions that are common throughout traditional epistemologies. I chose to examine Hetherington's dilemma because I take it to be representative of the epistemological 'view from nowhere'that has been the subject of feminist critique.
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