Curriculum Vitae
A: Reviews
- Review of Philosophy, Morality and International Affairs, edited by V. Held, S. Morgenbesser, and T. Nagel, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 85, No 2 (April, 1976), pp 241-242.
- Review of Satisfaction of Interest and the Concept of Morality, by Steven A. Smith, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 86, No 1 (January, 1977), pp 112-114.
- Review of On Human Conduct, by Michael Oakeshott, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 86, No 2 (April, 1977), pp 235-238.
- Review of Moral Reasoning and Truth, by Thomas D. Perry, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 87, No 3 (July, 1978), pp 460-463.
- Review of On Justice, by J.R. Lucas, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 92, No 3 (July, 1983), pp 436-438.
- Review of Utilitarianism and Cooperation, by Donald H. Regan, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 92, No 4 (October, 1983), pp 617- 622.
- Review of Collective and Corporate Responsibility by Peter A. French, in Ethics , Vol 96, No 3 (April, 1986), pp 636-638.
- Review of Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action by Virginia Held, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 97, No 3 (July, 1988), pp 430-432.
- Review of Morals by Agreement by David Gauthier, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 98, No 3 (July, l989), pp 411-414.
- Review of Moral Reasons by Jonathan Dancy, in Philosophical Books, Vol 35, No 3 (July, 1994), pp. 197-199.
- Review of Moral Differences: Truth, Justice and Conscience in a World of Conflict, by Richard W. Miller, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 103, No 4 (October, 1994), pp. 723-726.
- Review of Balance and Refinement: Beyond Coherence Methods of Moral Inquiry by Michael R. DePaul, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 56, No. 4 (December, 1996), pp. 959-962.
- Review of Rational Choice and Moral Agency, by David Schmidtz, The Philosophical Review, 108 (1999), pp. 297-299.
- Review of What We Owe to Each Other, by T.M. Scanlon, Economics and Philosophy, Vol. 16, No. 2 (October, 2000), pp. 368-372. Co-authored with David Sobel.
B: Articles
- "Leibniz's Thesis that not all Possibles are Compossible", Studia Leibnitiana, Volume 5, Number 1 (1973), pp 26-42.
- "Justice and the Difference Principle", Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Volume 4, Number 2 (December, 1974), pp 229-240.
- "Collective Actions and Secondary Actions", American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 16, Number 3 (July, 1979), pp 177-186.
- "The Iterated-Utilitarianism of J.S. Mill", Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume V (1979), pp 75-98.
- "Do Nations Have the Right of Self-Determination?", in Stanley G. French, ed., Philosophers Look at Canadian Confederation (Montreal: Canadian Philosophical Association, 1979), pp 71-95.
- "Hobbes on Artificial Persons and Collective Actions", The Philosophical Review, Volume 89, Number 4 (October, 1980), pp 579-606.
- "Harman on Internalism, Relativism and Logical Form", Ethics, Volume 92, Number 2 (January, 1982), pp 227-242.
- "Value Neutrality in the Techniques of Policy Analysis: Risk and Uncertainty", with Edwin Levy, Journal of Business Administration, Volume 13, Numbers 1 and 2 (1982), pp 161-190.
- "Risk and Responsibility: Ethical Issues in Decision Making",
with Edwin Levy, in W.A. Cragg, ed., Contemporary Moral Issues (Toronto:
McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1983), pp 488-500.
Republished as "Risques et responsabilités: prise de décisions et problèmes éthiques" (translation by Louise Rousselle), in W.A. Cragg, ed., Philosophie - Problèmes Moraux: Environnement (Montreal: McGraw-Hill, 1990), pp 128-141. - "Pornography and Censorship: Introductory Essay", in David Copp and Susan Wendell, eds., Pornography and Censorship (1983), pp 15-41.
- "Considered Judgements and Moral Justification: Conservatism in Moral Theory", in David Copp and David Zimmerman, eds., Morality, Reason and Truth (1984), pp 141-168.
- "Introduction", in David Copp and David Zimmerman, eds., Morality, Reason and Truth (1984), pp 1-24.
- "What Collectives Are: Agency, Individualism and Legal Theory", Dialogue, Volume 23, Number 2 (June, 1984), pp 249-269.
- "Morality, Reason and Management Science: The Rationale of Cost-
Benefit Analysis", Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 2, Number
2 (Spring, 1985), pp 128-151.
Republished in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D Miller Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Ethics and Economics (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985). - "Some Positions and Issues in Environmental Ethics", in Philip P Hanson, ed., Environmental Ethics: Philosophical and Policy Perspectives (Burnaby, Canada: Simon Fraser University Publications, 1986), pp 181-195.
- "Introduction: Deterrence and Disarmament", in David Copp, ed., Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Disarmament, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume XII (1986), pp 1-21.
- "Moral Skepticism", Abstract, Nous, Volume 21, Number 1, 1987. Also in Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, Volume 60, Number 4 (1987).
- "The Justice and Rationale of Cost-Benefit Analysis", Theory and Decision, Volume 23 (July, 1987), pp 65-87.
- "Consequentialist Rights: L.W. Sumner's The Moral Foundation of Rights", Dialogue, Volume 28 (1989), pp 131-148.
- "Explanation and Justification in Ethics", Ethics, Volume 100, Number 2 (January, 1990), pp 237-258.
- "Responsibility for Collective Inaction", Abstract, Nous, Volume 24, Number 2 (April, 1990), pp. 286-287.
- "Contractarianism and Moral Skepticism", in Peter Vallentyne, ed., Contractarianism and Rational Choice: Essays on Gauthier (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), pp. 196-228.
- "Normativity and the Very Idea of Moral Epistemology", Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 29, Supplement - 1990 Spindel Conference (1990), pp. 189-210.
- "Moral Skepticism", Philosophical Studies, Volume 62 (1991), pp. 203-233.
- "Moral Realism: Facts and Norms", Ethics, Volume 101 (1991), pp. 610-624.
- "Responsibility for Collective Inaction", Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 22, Number 2 (Fall, 1991), .
- "Meta-ethics", Encyclopedia of Ethics (New York, Garland Publishing Company, 1992), pp. 790-798.
- "Skepticism in Ethics", Encyclopedia of Ethics (New York, Garland Publishing Company, 1992), pp. 1156-1159.
- "The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living: Autonomy and the
Basic Needs", Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 9 (1992), pp.
231-261.
Reprinted in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Economic Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992). - "The Concept of Society", Dialogue, Volume 31 (1992), pp. 184-212.
- "The 'Possibility' of a Categorical Imperative: Kant's Groundwork, Part III", Philosophical Perspectives, Volume 6 (1992), 261-284.
- "Reason and Needs", in R.G. Frey and Christopher Morris, eds., Value, Welfare, and Morality (Cambridge University Press, 1993), pp. 112-137.
- "Could Political Truth be a Hazard for Democracy?" in David Copp, Jean Hampton, and John Roemer, eds., The Idea of Democracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), pp. 101-117.
- "Quinn on Double Effect: The Problem of 'Closeness'", with
John Martin Fischer and Mark Ravizza, Ethics, Volume 103 (July, 1993),
pp. 707-725.
Reprinted in The Doctrine of Double Effect: Philosophers Debate a Controversial Moral Principle, ed. By P.A. Woodward (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1996). - "Moral Obligation and Moral Motivation", in Kai Nielsen and Jocyelyne Couture, eds., On the Relevance of Metaethics: New Essays on Metaethics, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, supp. vol. 21, (1995), pp. 187-219.
- "Pluralism and Stability in Liberal Theory", The Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 4, No. 3 (September, 1996), pp. 191-206.
- "Moral Skepticism," in Donald M. Borchert, ed., The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Supplement, (New York: Macmillan, 1996), pp. 364-365.
- "Moral Knowledge in Society-Centered Moral Theory", in Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Mark Timmons, eds., Moral Knowledge? (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 243-266.
- "The Ring of Gyges: Overridingness and the Unity of Reason", Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 14 (1997), pp. 86-106.
- "Democracy and Communal Self-Determination", in Jefferson McMahan and Robert McKim, eds., The Morality of Nationalism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), pp. 277-300.
- "Belief, Reason, and Motivation: Michael Smith's, The Moral Problem", Ethics, Volume 108, Number 1 (1997), pp. 33-54.
- "Defending the Principle of Alternate Possibilities: Blameworthiness and Moral Responsibility", Nous, Volume 31, Number 4 (1997), pp. 441-456.
- "Does Moral Theory Need the Concept of Society?", Analyse et Kritik, Volume 19 (1997), pp. 189-212.
- "Reasons and Societies: Kurt Baier's The Rational and the Moral Order", The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 48, Number 190 (1998), pp. 96-102.
- "Equality, Justice, and the Basic Needs", in Gillian Brock, ed., Necessary Goods (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Allanheld, 1998), pp. 113-133.
- "Morality and Society - The True and the Nasty: Reply to Leist", Analyse et Kritik, Volume 20 (1998), pp. 30-45.
- "International Law and Morality in the Theory of Secession", The Journal of Ethics, Volume 2 (1998), pp. 1-26.
- "The Idea of a Legitimate State", Philosophy and Public Affairs, Volume 28 (1999), pp. 3-45.
- "Korsgaard on Normativity, Identity, and the Grounds of Obligation", in Julian Nida-Rumelin, ed., Rationality, Realism, Revision (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1999), pp. 572-581.
- "Capitalism versus Democracy: The Marketing of Votes and the Marketing of Political Power", in John D. Bishop, ed., Ethics and Capitalism (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000), pp. 81-101.
- "Milk, Honey, and the Good Life on Moral Twin Earth", Synthèse, Volume 124 (2000), pp. 113-137.
- "Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism: Naturalized Epistemology and the First-Person Perspective", Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 26 (2001), pp. 31-74. Downloadable.
- "Against Direction of Fit Accounts of Belief and Desire", Analysis, Volume 61 (2001), pp. 44-53. Co-authored with David Sobel.
- "Rationality, Autonomy, and Basic Needs", in Neil Roughley, ed., Being Humans, (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2001), pp. 334-355.
- "Against Internalism About Reasons - Gert's Rational Options", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 62 (2001), pp. 455-461.
- "Realist-Expressivism: A Neglected Option for Moral Realism", Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 18 (2001), pp. 1-43.
- "Gert on Reasons, Rationality, Harms, and Lists", in Walter Sinnott_Armstrong and Robert Audi, eds. Rationality, Rules, And Ideals: Critical Essays on Bernard Gert's Moral Theory, (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002), pp. 91-110. Downloadable.
- "Desires, Motives, and Reasons: Scanlon's Rationalistic Moral Psychology", Social Theory and Practice, Volume 28 (2002), pp. 243-276. Co-authored with David Sobel.
- "Goldman on the Goals of Democracy", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 64 (2002), pp. 207-214.
- "Social Unity and the Identity of Persons", The Journal of Political Philosophy (2002), pp. 365-391.
- "'Ought' Implies 'Can', Blameworthiness, and Alternate Possibilities", in David Widerker and Michael McKenna, eds., Freedom, Responsibility, and Agency: Essays on the Importance of Alternative Possibilities (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Press, 2002), pp. 265-299.
- "Why Naturalism?", Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 6 (2003), pp. 179-200.
- "Morality and Virtue: An Assessment of Some Recent Work in Virtue Ethics", Ethics, Volume 114 (2004). Co-authored with David Sobel.
- "Moral Naturalism and Three Grades of Normativity", in Peter Schaber, ed., Normativity and Naturalism (Frankfurt: Ontos-Verlag, 2004), pp. 7-45. Downloadable.
- "The Normativity of Self-Grounded Reason", forthcoming, Social Philosophy and Policy, 2005.
- "International Justice and the Basic Needs Principle", forthcoming in Gillian Brock and Harry Brighouse eds., The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). Ê
C: Anthologies
- Pornography and Censorship: Scientific, Philosophical and Legal Studies, edited with Susan Wendell (Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1983).
- Morality, Reason and Truth: New Essays on the Foundations of Ethics, edited with David Zimmerman (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Allanheld, 1984).
- On The Track of Reason: Essays in Honour of Kai Nielsen, edited with Rodger Beehler and Bela Szabados (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1992).
- The Idea of Democracy, edited with Jean Hampton and John Roemer, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).
D: Special Journal Volumes
- New Essays in the Philosophy of Mind, Second Series, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume XI (1985), edited with J.J. MacIntosh.
- Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Disarmament, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume XII (1986).
- Canadian Philosophers Celebrating Twenty Years of the C.J.P., Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume XVI (1990).
E: Books
- Morality, Normativity, and Society (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995; paperback edition 2001).
F: Downloadable Articles
The following papers are all available here for download in pdf file format. A password is required to view the papers. The password to open is 'access'.
- "Moral Naturalism and Three Grades of Normativity", in Peter Schaber, ed., Normativity and Naturalism (Frankfurt: Ontos-Verlag, 2004), pp. 7-45. Get pdf.
- "Gert on Reasons, Rationality, Harms, and Lists", in Walter Sinnott_Armstrong and Robert Audi, eds. Rationality, Rules, And Ideals: Critical Essays on Bernard Gert's Moral Theory, (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002), pp. 91-110. Get pdf.
- "Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism: Naturalized Epistemology and the First-Person Perspective", Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 26 (2001), pp. 31-74. Get pdf.