Browsing by Author "Scanlon, Thomas"
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Ambiguity of “intention”
Scanlon, Thomas Michael (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2010)Knobe reports that subjects’ judgments of whether an agent did something intentionally vary depending on whether the outcome in question was seen by them as good or as bad. He concludes that subjects’ moral views affect ... -
Constructivism in Practical Philosophy
Scanlon, Thomas Michael (Oxford University Press, 2012) -
A Contractualist Reply
Scanlon, Thomas Michael (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008) -
Counsel and Command: An Address-Dependent Account of Authority
Glaeser, Micha Bernhard (2016-09-14)In this dissertation I develop an account of the concept of authority and the distinction between theoretical and practical authority in terms of their proper forms of interpersonal address. I then exploit the difference ... -
Equality of Resources and Equality of Welfare: A Forced Marriage?
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Global Institutions and Relations among Non-Co-Citizens
Song, Jiewuh (2013-08-14)A common criticism of global institutions is that their rules disproportionately favor the political and economic interests of powerful states over those of weaker states. This dissertation consists of three essays that ... -
How I am not a Kantian
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Intellectual Property Rights and Institutions: A Pluralist Account
Kenneally, Michael Edward (2014-06-06)Debates over intellectual property's justifications tend to treat natural rights and utilitarian accounts as competitors, but they should be seen as complements instead. Lockean and Kantian theories of intellectual property ... -
Justice, Responsibility, and the Demands of Equality
Scanlon, Thomas (Oxford University Press, 2006)This essay considers the disagreement between Cohen and Rawls on the question of whether individuals should be held responsible for their tastes and preferences. It notes the difference in principle, since the primary goods ... -
Loving, Valuing, Regretting, and Being Oneself
Na'aman, Oded (2015-06-24)A meaningful life involves loving people and valuing things. We typically love our spouses, parents, children, siblings, and friends, and value our projects, activities, causes, and ideals. In virtue of such attachments, ... -
'Making People Happy, Not Making Happy People': A Defense of the Asymmetry Intuition in Population Ethics
Frick, Johann David (2014-10-21)This dissertation provides a defense of the normative intuition known as the Procreation Asymmetry, according to which there is a strong moral reason not to create a life that will foreseeably not be worth living, but there ... -
The Normativity of Structural Rationality
Langlois, David Joseph (2014-10-21)Many of us take for granted that rationality requires that we have our attitudes combined only in certain ways. For example, we are required not to hold inconsistent beliefs or intentions and we are required to intend any ... -
Plural Equality
Scanlon, Thomas Michael (Routledge, 2014) -
Provocation: Everyone Is a Philosopher!
Scanlon, Thomas Michael (Harvard University, Harvard Law School, 2012) -
Reasons and Decisions
Scanlon, Thomas (Blackwell Publishing, 2006) -
Reasons and Passions
Scanlon, Thomas (MIT Press, 2002) -
Reasons, Responsibility, and Reliance: Replies to Wallace, Dworkin, and Deigh
Scanlon, Thomas (University of Chicago Press, 2002) -
Reasons: A Puzzling Duality?
Scanlon, Thomas (Oxford University Press, 2004) -
Remembering Ronnie: Remarks at the Memorial for Ronald Dworkin
Scanlon, Thomas Michael (2013) -
Replies
Scanlon, Thomas (Blackwell Publishing, 2003)