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The Generality of Normative Thought

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 1, Page 51-64, January 2026.
ABSTRACT What is it to think a generic normative thought of the form “Human beings should exercise regularly” or “Human beings must keep promises”? I argue that although such thoughts resemble, in different respects, intentions and evaluative beliefs, they are not, first and foremost, either of those types of states.
Jeremy David Fix
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Reconciling Enkrasia and Higher-Order Defeat [PDF]

, 2019
Titelbaum Oxford studies in epistemology, 2015) has recently argued that the Enkratic Principle is incompatible with the view that rational belief is sensitive to higher-order defeat.
Skipper, Mattias
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The Ubiquity of Higher‐Order Defeat

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 106, Issue 4, Page 231-241, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Evidence for cognitive impairment—say, by bias or hypoxia—can defeat the epistemic permissibility of belief. This paper argues that such higher‐order defeat is an instance of a more basic normative phenomenon: whenever the permissibility of one's belief is defeated, it is defeated by an epistemic reason to withhold belief that is provided by ...
Sebastian Schmidt
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EL REQUERIMIENTO EN EL NUEVO REINO DE GRANADA: DOS FORMAS DE SER DEL MAL MORAL

Praxis Filosófica, 2011
El propósito de este texto es mostrar que dos de los más conocidos paradigmasdel mal en la historia de la filosofía moral no son excluyentes. A partir deljuicio que Bartolomé de Las Casas emite sobre la institución delrequerimiento, en la primera parte ...
Ángela Uribe Botero
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Killing, letting die, and normative inertia

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 111, Issue 2, Page 728-749, September 2025.
Abstract According to commonsense and deontological ethics, it is impermissible to kill a person in order to save the life of another person, all else being equal. But why? This article suggests a justification of this restriction. It appeals to the idea of normative inertia—very roughly, to the idea that in practical decisions, changing course is ...
Tim Henning
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Choosing and Desire in Plato's Republic 4

Plato, 2023
Donald Davidson’s causal theory of action greatly influenced a dominant analytic interpretation of the argument, in Republic 4, for parts of the soul.  According to Davidson, actions are caused by a combination of belief and desire (pro-attitude).
Richard Parry
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The dark side of clarity

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 429-443, September 2025.
Abstract We all have experiences in which it “seems clear” to us that something is true. This kind of clear experience can play significant roles in determining whether we believe something to be true. But what are the significant roles? So far, the literature has focused on optimal cases where a person's clear experience might provide prima facie ...
Chenwei Nie
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Akrasia and the Rule of Appetite in Plato's Protagoras and Republic

Revista de Filosofia Antiga, 2014
According to a prevalent developmentalist line of interpretation, Plato’s introduction of the three-part soul in Republic 4 was motivated in part by his desire to acknowledge and account for cases of akratic action, and thereby to repudiate the ...
Joshua Wilburn
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What I Really, Really Want: The Role, Nature, and Value of True Preferences in the Ethics of Nudging

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 1127-1150, August 2025.
ABSTRACT In this article, we discuss the role that ‘true preferences’ can and should play in discussions on the possibility and desirability of paternalist nudges. Critics have claimed that such preferences do not exist, cannot be known reliably by third parties, and cannot justify whether and how to nudge people.
Bart Engelen, Viktor Ivanković
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Platonismo y akrasía en Crisipo. La interpretación de Marcelo Boeri

Ideas y Valores, 2010
Se formulan dos preguntas en torno a la interpretación que ofrece Marcelo Boeri en Apariencia y realidad en el pensamiento griego acerca del problema de la akrasía en el estoicismo: ¿puede la adaptación monista que hizo Crisipo del modelo platónico del ...
Ricardo Salles
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