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Two Moralities of Recognition

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A morality of recognition maintains that moral norms have their authority in virtue of the ways in which those norms enact an ideal moral relationship. T. M. Scanlon argues that this approach can yield an account of the distinctive force of morality and an attractive account of moral motivation. We find this approach to theorizing about morals
Barry Maguire, Oded Na'aman
wiley   +1 more source

A Public Philosophy for Public Administration in Times of Democratic Crisis

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public administration is at the center of the global democratic crisis. Meeting this challenge requires more than managerial and analytic competence—it requires a public philosophy grounded in the first principles of democratic ethos. We offer such a philosophy, drawing on four seminal thinkers whose concepts reflect the conditions public ...
Curtis Ventriss, Tina Nabatchi
wiley   +1 more source

Fittingness and Consequentialism

open access: yesRatio, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some beliefs, positive and negative attitudes, and desires fit their objects. Others do not. This paper considers whether consequentialist ethics can plausibly be reconciled with the fittingness of beliefs, positive and negative attitudes, and desires.
Brad Hooker
wiley   +1 more source

Human–Animal Comparisons: Supporting and Criticizing Female Subjugation in Renaissance Italy

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying gender history through an animal history lens, or vice versa, simultaneously increases our knowledge of ideas about gender and human–animal relations. This approach has particular merit for the Renaissance period, as it witnessed an upsurge in discourse about both the human–animal divide and the distinction between men and women.
Marlisa den Hartog
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Deflection: Accountability Frames in Opinion Columns*

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
The ways in which public officials, citizens, and social institutions are held accountable for social problems, including police‐involved killings in the United States, reflect changing attributions of responsibility. Although news reports now rely less on official police narratives and less often stereotype police as heroes and victims as villains ...
Deborah A. Potter
wiley   +1 more source

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