Switch to: References

Add citations

You must login to add citations.
  1. The nature of evil a reply to Garrard.Christopher Hamilton - 1999 - Philosophical Explorations 2 (2):122 – 138.
    In this article I explore Eve Garrard's recent account of evil and some work of Colin McGinn's on the same topic. I argue that neither provides a satisfactory account of evil. In doing so, I discuss the role of conscience, sadism and indifference to the suffering of others in evil-doing. I argue that the evil-doer can be admirable and I explore the relation between agent and action in the evil deed.The idea that evil is mysterious is considered and I conclude (...)
    Download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   3 citations  
  • Anachronism in Recent Moral Philosophy.Daniel Whistler - 2017 - Philosophy and Rhetoric 50 (3):247-271.
    In this article, I examine a distinctive position in moral philosophy that, following Bernard Williams, I label “postanalytic”. In one of his final essays, “What Might Philosophy Become?”, Williams sets out a program for extending moral philosophy beyond its traditional “limits” in a way that will transform it into an embodied, historical, and political form of reflective practice.1 This programmatic intent has been shared by a number of moral philosophers since, some of whom are expressly influenced by Williams’s late work. (...)
    Download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark