A Critical Commentary on Block 2011: "David Friedman and Libertarianism: a Critique" and a Comparison with Lester [2000] 2012's Responses to Friedman [PDF]
, 2014 David Friedman posed a number of libertarian philosophical problems (Friedman 1989). This essay criticizes Walter Block’s Rothbardian responses (Block 2011) and compares them with J C Lester’s critical-rationalist, libertarian-theory responses (Lester ...
Lester, J. C.
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The Chill Factor in Moral Theology [PDF]
, 1990 An In-Depth Review of The Critical Calling: Reflections on Moral Dilemmas Since Vatican II by Richard A. McCormick, S.l., (Washington DC, Georgetown University Press, 1989)
Ashley, Benedict M.
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Staying true with the help of others: doxastic self-control through interpersonal commitment [PDF]
, 2019 I explore the possibility and rationality of interpersonal mechanisms of doxastic self-control, that is, ways in which individuals can make use of other people in order to get themselves to stick to their beliefs.
Cialdini R. B. +25 more
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Which ethics will make us individually and socially happier? A cross-culture and cross-development analytical model [PDF]
, 2009 This paper provides an analytical model representing four polar ethical approaches, by linking them to the main ethics suggested by the philosophical, psychological, and socio-economic literature.
Zagonari, Fabio
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Some Critical Comments on Long 2013: "Why Libertarians Believe There is Only One Right" [PDF]
, 2014 This essay explains various significant errors, imprecisions, and omissions concerning libertarianism in Long 2013. The “right not to be aggressed against” is not, as such, the libertarian right because the ‘right to liberty’ must be that right (although
Lester, J. C.
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In defense of moral rights [PDF]
, 2001 The Universal declaration of 1948 celebrated the belief in human rights as a great moral value. But what does this belief mean exactly? What are human rights precisely? Admitting the existence of human rights may cause difficulties for the moral theories
de Mori, Barbara
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Normative Alethic Pluralism [PDF]
, 2018 Some philosophers have argued that truth is a norm of judgement and have provided a variety of formulations of this general thesis. In this paper, I shall side with these philosophers and assume that truth is a norm of judgement.
A Gibbard +35 more
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Ethics Across the Curriculum, or, On Being Bilingual [PDF]
, 2009 Both philosophical ethical systems and religious ethics are eminently desirable in higher education today. And, like two languages, and despite the differences, they can and should complement each other.
Eveleth, Lois
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The Pragmatic Vision of Visionary Pragmatism: The Challenge of Radical Democracy in a Neoliberal World Order [PDF]
, 2018 Visionary Pragmatism is a project formulated in the face of a hyper-malignant mode of capitalism that is provoking and entangled with ecological collapse, dedemocratization, unfathomable inequality, destruction of the commons, intensifying xenophobia ...
E Bloch +8 more
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Moral Challenges of Societies During Pandemics [PDF]
International Journal of Ethics and SocietyIntroduction: The difference between an epidemic and a pandemic is not the severity of the disease, but the degree of its spread. Pandemics, unlike epidemics, cut across international borders. In this article, the moral challenges of societies during the
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