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Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper puts forward a novel solution to the so‐called All or Nothing Problem. Contrary to what many believe, I argue that it is permissible to go some way towards benefiting others without going all the way. Something Is Okay! If this is true, it is not the case (which would be absurd) that we should rather Do Nothing than Something if we ...
Søren Flinch Midtgaard
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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT By issuing requests of one another, we wield what is, on reflection, a remarkable power: to create reasons at will. But how can requesters give us reasons to do what they want, even when they stand in no relation of authority over us? And what would be lost if we saw requests as communicating the existence of pre‐existing reasons, rather than ...
Milan Mossé
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Rethinking Merit in Calvin's Doctrine of the Atonement: Beyond Possessive Individualism
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 378-400, October 2026.Abstract Joan Lockwood O'Donovan argues that the Reformation doctrine of grace entails a rejection of the proprietary anthropology of self‐owning individuals and its attendant notion of justice – what C. B. Macpherson termed the “theory of possessive individualism.” Although O'Donovan praises Calvin's anthropology and his account of law for its non ...
John Walker
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Relative and Absolute Gradable Adjectives: Linguistic Foundations and Philosophical Applications
Philosophy Compass, Volume 21, Issue 4, July/August 2026.ABSTRACT In Ignorance, Peter Unger famously argues for a version of radical skepticism, that everyone knows “hardly anything to be so.” Skepticism, of course, is nothing new. What was unique about Unger's position is that it relied on a distinction between relative and absolute terms, leading to a number of discoveries about the behavior and semantics ...
Robert Weston Siscoe
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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 113, Issue 1, Page 208-221, July 2026.ABSTRACT Evaluative adjectives are gradable. The standard for falling under a gradable adjective “F” is either context‐relative or absolute. Some philosophers have recently used general linguistic tests to argue that “rational” and (moral) “good” are maximum‐degree absolute gradable adjectives: Only what's perfectly morally good strictly counts as ...
Pekka Väyrynen
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Australian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 85, Issue 2, Page 392-412, June 2026.Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro +5 more
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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 1412-1431, October 2025.Abstract Constructive Deviant Behavior (CDB) raises an ethical dilemma that poses a significant challenge within the realm of business ethics. This ethical dilemma is the extent to which individuals should be allowed, or even encouraged, to challenge established norms in the name of organizational and stakeholder well‐being before compromising ethical ...
Irina‐Alina Popescu +2 more
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Kathryn Tanner on Divine Agency and the Problem of Providential Evil
Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 625-637, October 2025.Abstract In this article I engage with Kathryn Tanner's theological framework for understanding God's agency, focusing on the way her rules of non‐contrastive transcendence and non‐competitive immanence govern her account of God's acts of creation, providence, incarnation, and atonement.
Sameer Yadav
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, 2018 It is a recognizable feature of commonsense morality that some actions are beyond the call of duty or supererogatory. Acts of supererogation raise a number of interesting philosophical questions and debates. This article will provide an overview of three
Archer, Alfred +2 more
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Moderate Morality: An Interest-Based Contractarian Defense & its Applied Result in the Political Ethics of International Relations [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2017 What is morality’s scope? Should all our actions be evaluated morally? Is it necessary to be causally responsible for harm to have a responsibility to reduce it?
Shirzad Peik Herfeh
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