Decision Theory
Modelling the moral dimension of decisions (with Mark Colyvan and Katie Steele), Nous (2010)
In this paper we explore the connections between ethics and decision theory. In particular, we...
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Politics most unusual: Violence, sovereignty and democracy in the 'war on terror' (with Michael Levine and Saul Newman), Politics most unusual: Violence, sovereignty and democracy in the 'war on terror' (2009)
How has September 11 and the declaration of the 'global war on terror' changed our...
Integrity (with Marguerite La Caze and Michael Levine), The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (2008)
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Integrity is one of the most important and oft-cited of virtue terms. It...
Agent-based Theories of Right Action, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2006)
In this paper, I develop an objection to agent-based accounts of right action. Agent-based accounts...
Violinists run amuck in South Dakota: Screen doors down in the badlands (with Michael Levine), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2006)
Judith Jarvis Thomson's 'A Defense of Abortion' was published in the first ever issue of...
Integrity, Commitment, and Consequentialism, Journal of Value Inquiry (2005)
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Concerning ethics, we have two intuitions that might seem to conflict. On the one...
War and violence: The problem of teaching the like-minded (with Michael Levine), Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (2005)
The article discusses objections regarding the inclusion of Peace Studies in the university curriculum. The...
Believing badly (with Michael Levine), Philosophical papers (2004)
This paper explores the grounds upon which moral judgment of a person’s beliefs is properly...
Goodman and Putnam on the Making of Worlds, Erkenntnis (2003)
Hilary Putnam and Nelson Goodman are two of the twentieth century's most persuasive critics of...
Integrity and the fragile self (with Marguerite La Caze and Michael Levine), Damian Cox (2003)
What does it take to be a person of integrity? Could those who commit morally...
Truth, Value, and Consolation, The Journal of Value Inquiry (2002)
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The distinction between intrinsic value on the one hand and instrumental and contributory value...
Realism and epistemic theories of truth, Southern Journal of Philosophy (2001)
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Conventional wisdom has it that epistemic conceptions of truth are versions of antirealism. I...
Integrity and politics, Professional ethics (2000)
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Integrity is the virtue par excellence of the professional politician. It is the...
Scepticism and the interpreter, Philosophical papers (2000)
This paper defends an argument from interpretation against the possibility of massive error. The argument...
Should we strive for integrity? (with Marguerite La Caze and Michael Levine), The journal of value inquiry (1999)
Even by people whose moral views diverge widely, integrity is commonly thought of as something...
Metaphysical realism and idealisation, Philosophia (1998)
In this paper I propose a version of metaphysical realism which I believe to be...
On the value of natural relations, Environmental ethics (1997)
In "A Refutation of Environmental Ethics" Janna Thompson argues that by assigning intrinsic value to...
Putnam, equivalence, realism, Southern journal of philosophy (1997)
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Hilary Putnam has advanced an argument against metaphysical realism which takes its cue...
The trouble with truthmakers, Pacific philosophical quarterly (1997)
This paper argues that theories of truth which seek to specify the ontological ground of...