Browsing W&L Dept. of Philosophy by Subject "Ethics"
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The Interwoven Fabric Of Humanity: A Merleau-Pontian Ethics (thesis)
Given this phenomenological approach to metaphysics, we return to the overriding question of this paper: Based on Merleau-Ponty's account of humanity, how are human beings obligated to act towards one another? I will ... -
The Moral Permissibility of Torture in a Terrorized World and The Problem of Dirty Hands (thesis)
In this paper, I will argue that despite philosophers' and legal theorists' attempts to justify the use of torture in certain situations, torture has always been and will always be universally morally impermissible. [From ... -
On Empathy in Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments and Its Role Within a Contractualist Framework (thesis)
In the eighteenth century, Scottish Enlightenment thinkers emphasized the importance of sympathy in the construction of the moral self. Among this group of philosophers, Adam Smith's moral account is especially astute. ... -
Redefining 'Lying' (thesis)
My definition of 'lying' is better able than the prevailing definition to capture common intuitions about what is a lie and what is not. It does so specifically by making novel inclusions to the definition, such as the ...