David Copp
Area of Specialization
- Moral & Political Philosophy
Areas of Teaching Interest
- Ethics and Meta-Ethics
- Political & Social Philosophy
- Action Theory
Books
- Morality, Normativity, and Society (Oxford University Press, 1995).
- Pornography and Censorship: Scientific, Philosophical, and Legal Studies,
co-edited with Susan Wendell, (Prometheus Books, 1983)
- Morality, Reason, and Truth: New Essays on the Foundations of Ethics,
co-edited with David Zimmerman, (Rowman & Allanheld, 1984)
- The Idea of Democracy, co-edited with Jean Hampton and John Roemer,
(Cambridge University, 1993).
Some Recent Publications
- "Desires, Motives, and Reasons: Scanlon's Rationalistic Moral Psychology",
Social Theory and Practice, Volume 28 (2002), pp. 243-276. Co-authored with David Sobel.
- "Social Unity and the Identity of Persons",
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 (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Press, 2002), pp. 265-299.
- "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.
- "Realist-Expressivism: A Neglected Option for Moral Realism",
Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 18 (2001), pp. 1-43.
- "Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism",
Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2000). Downloadable.
- "The Idea of a Legitimate State",
Philosophy and Public Affairs (1999).
- "Equality, Justice and the Basic Needs", in Gillian Brock (ed.)
Necessary Goods (Rowman and Allanheld, 1998).
- "Defending the Principle of Alternate Possibilities: Blameworthiness and
Moral Responsibility," Nous (1997).
Contact Information
Email: <dcopp>
Office: 308 Griffin-Floyd Hall
Professor David Copp
Department of Philosophy
330 Griffin-Floyd Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 392-2084 (voice)
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