Contractualism, Reciprocity, Compensation
by David Alm
I argue that it is not possible to give an adequate account, within a Scanlon-style contractualist moral theory of the moral duties to reciprocate...
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March, 2008
'Simply in Virtue of Being Human': the Whos and Whys of Human Rights
by John Gardner
In this paper I raise some questions about the familiar claim, recently reiterated by James Griffin, that human rights are rights that humans have...
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February, 2008
Welfare, Achievement, and Self-Sacrifice
by Douglas W. Portmore
Many philosophers hold that the achievement of one's goals can contribute to one's welfare apart from whatever independent contributions that the...
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September, 2007