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Intellectual humility without limits: Magnanimous humility, disagreement and the epistemology of resistance

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 110, Issue 2, Page 604-622, March 2025.
Abstract In this paper, I provide a characterisation of a neglected form of humility: magnanimous humility. Unlike most contemporary analyses of humility, magnanimous humility is not about limitations but instead presupposes that one possesses some entitlement in a context. I suggest that magnanimous intellectual humility (IH) consists in a disposition
Brandon Yip
wiley   +1 more source

A dilemma for permissibility-based solutions to the paradox of supererogation

Analysis, 2020
We argue that permissibility-based solutions to the paradox of supererogation encounter a nested dilemma. Such approaches solve the paradox by distinguishing moral and rational permissions.
M. Uzunova, Benjamin Ferguson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Aesthetic Benevolence

Ratio, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 48-55, March 2025.
ABSTRACT While non‐moral varieties of goodness (e.g., aesthetic, epistemic and prudential) are readily recognised by philosophers and non‐philosophers alike, the philosophical literature generally suggests that benevolence is a uniquely moral phenomenon.
Daniel Telech
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj  

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, A Hazlett, B Loewer, B Williams, C McHugh, C McHugh, C McHugh, C Wrenn, C Wright, C Wright, E Sosa, F Ferrari, F Ferrari, F Ferrari, Filippo Ferrari, J Driver, J Kvanvig, J MacFarlane, J Turri, J Wyatt, JJ Thomson, M David, M Dummett, M Lynch, M Lynch, M Lynch, Matthew Chrisman, N Shah, P Horwich, P Horwich, P Strawson, R Chisholm, R Wedgwood, R Williams, T Williamson, W James   +35 more
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On the Design of Islamic Blended Microfinancing for Refugee Entrepreneurship: An Institutional Logic Perspective

Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue S1, Page 25-37, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Uncovering apt policy for refugee self‐reliance is intricate. Refugee entrepreneurship is often hailed as the way forward for such an objective as it deciphers ‘Canvas Ceiling’. However, the lack of financing for unfeasible and unbankable refugee entrepreneurs prevents this from materialising. This article proposes Islamic blended microfinance
Wahyu Jatmiko, A. Azizon, Raditya Sukmana   +2 more
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Moral Obligation, Self-Interest and The Transitivity Problem [PDF]

, 2016
Is the relation ‘is a morally permissible alternative to’ transitive? The answer seems to be a straightforward yes. If Act B is a morally permissible alternative to Act A and Act C is a morally permissible alternative to B then how could C fail to be a ...
Archer, Alfred
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Prudential value and impersonal value

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 129-149, January 2025.
Abstract Prudential value is the kind of value that something has when it is good for someone, in the sense that is conceptually tied to welfare or well‐being. Impersonal value is the kind of value that something has when it is good simply, absolutely, or “from the point of view of the universe.” According to the Moorean position on prudential value ...
Eden Lin
wiley   +1 more source

Challenging the Moral Status of Blood Donation [PDF]

, 2014
The World Health Organisation encourages that blood donation becomes voluntary and unremunerated, a system already operated in the UK. Drawing on public documents and videos, this paper argues that blood donation is regarded and presented as altruistic ...
A Buyx, A Farrugia, A Mullin, A Spital, A Stutzer, A-M Farrell, B Prainswick, BM Masser, BN Sojka, C Fabre, C New, C Stewart, Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office, D Devine, D Heyd, D Shaw, Department of Health, Department of Health, DW Portmore, E Arnold, E Ferguson, E Ferguson, FL Rapport, G Cullity, G Mellema, G Trotter, HLA Hart, I Brassington, I Brassington, IM Belda Suarez, International Society of Blood Transfusion, J Coggon, J Coggon, J Driver, J Harris, J Lavee, J McKie, J Rawls, KD Clouser, KPH Lemmens, KV Ramani, L Brennan, L Goette, L Goette, M Baron, M Maghsudlu, M Reichlin, MC Carter, ME Hupfer, ME McCulloch, MJ Zimmerman, MY Bartlett, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, O O’Neill, P Gill, P Singer, P Smith, Paul C. Snelling, PC Snelling, PR Ferguson, R Bennett, R Hardin, R Jarvis, R Nozick, R Pal, R Steinbock, R Titmuss, RF Baumeister, RF Gillum, RH Thaler, S Chan, S Eaton, S John, SJ Condie, SJ Martin, T Mulgan, T Nagel, TC Bednall, TW Gillespie, World Health Organisation, WR Steele   +81 more
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The Paradox of Desert

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 671-681, August 2024.
ABSTRACT This article describes a paradoxical phenomenon arising from the fact that those who act rightly often pay a price for doing so. The paradox is that the very thing – acting rightly – that incurs the cost also makes the cost (especially) undeserved. In explicating the paradox, I distinguish between two kinds of cost (internal and external), two
David Benatar
wiley   +1 more source