Samuel C Rickle
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1027150 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Samuel C Rickle |
| NOMBRES | Samuel C |
| APELLIDO | Rickle |
| FIRMA | RICKLE S C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8421-0982 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Does Sarah Chapone Endorse a Republican Conception of Liberty
In The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives (1735), Sarah Chapone argues that the English laws governing marriage, including the common law doctrine of coverture, are cruel and unjust to wives. In a close study of this work, Jacqueline Broad (2015) argues that Chapone endorses a republican (or nondomination) conception of liberty, as the absence of anyone else's arbitrary, non‐normative power to intentionally worsen one's choice sit…
Does Mary Astell think that marriage is a form of slavery
In Some Reflections Upon Marriage, Mary Astell issues a famous challenge: “If all Men are born free, how is it that all Women are born slaves?” This comment has occasioned a debate over whether Astell thinks that marriage is a form of slavery. Some (e.g. Joan Kinnaird and Patricia Springborg) argue that Astell’s comment is rhetorical or ironic, a subversive stratagem designed to expose to ridicule the tenets of contractarian liberalism. Others (e…
The Moral Status of Enabling Harm Revisited
Most non‐consequentialists accept that, other things equal, it is more difficult to justify doing harm than it is to justify allowing harm . But there is a further question regarding the moral status of enabling harm. Rickless (2011), following in the footsteps of Foot (1967) and Hanser (1999), has defended the moral equivalence of enabling harm and allowing harm (MEEA). His case for MEEA, as well as MEEA itself, has been criticized by Barry and …
Beyond killing one to save five
A great deal of current research on moral judgments centers on moral dilemmas concerning tradeoffs between one and five lives. Whether one considers killing one innocent person to save five others to be morally required or impermissible has been taken to determine whether one is appealing to consequentialist or non-consequentialist reasoning. But this focus on tradeoffs between one and five may obscure more nuanced commitments involved in moral d…
Sensitivity to shifts in probability of harm and benefit in moral dilemmas
O "Parmênides" de Platão revisitado
O Parmênides de Platão é um diálogo notoriamente desafiador. Para apresentar uma interpretação completamente satisfatória dele, cada argumento precisa ser reconstruído em seus próprios termos e se todas as reconstruções forem acuradas, as interconexões lógicas entre os argumentos de ambas as partes do diálogo devem revelar a mensagem geral do Parmênides. Aqui gostaria de resumir minha interpretação e considerar algumas importantes objeções e alte…
Berkeley's Criticisms of Shaftesbury and Hutcheson
In this paper, I attempt to clarify the nature and purpose of Berkeley's criticisms of Shaftesbury's and Hutcheson's ethical systems in the third chapter of Alciphron , explaining the extent to which those criticisms rely on the truth of idealism and considering whether Berkeley or his philosophical opponents have the better of the arguments. In the end, I conclude that some of Berkeley's criticisms are based on confusion and misunderstanding, ot…
Why Tolerate Religion
This book considers the important question whether a good moral case can be made, on deontological or consequentialist grounds, for the privileging of religious over nonreligious claims of conscience in any scheme of principled toleration in a liberal state. Leiter's conclusion, of significant moment both legally and culturally if true, is that the “selective application [of toleration] to the conscience of only religious believers is not morally…
Why and How to Fill an Unfilled Proposition
There are two major semantic theories of proper names: Semantic Descriptivism and Direct Reference. According to Semantic Descriptivism, the semantic content of a proper name N for a speaker S is identical to the semantic content of a definite description “the F” that the speaker associates with the name. According to Direct Reference, the semantic content of a proper name is identical to its referent. Semantic Descriptivism suffers from a number…
The Contrast‐ In sensitivity of Knowledge Ascriptions
Three Cheers for Double Effect
The doctrine of double effect, together with other moral principles that appeal to the intentions of moral agents, has come under attack from many directions in recent years, as have a variety of rationales that have been given in favor of it. In this paper, our aim is to develop, defend, and provide a new theoretical rationale for a secular version of the doctrine. Following Quinn (1989), we distinguish between Harmful Direct Agency and Harmful …
Plato’s Definition(s) of Sophistry
Plato’s Sophist is puzzling inasmuch as it presents us with seven completely different definitions of sophistry. Though not all seven definitions could be accurate, Plato never explicitly indicates which of the definitions is mistaken. Recently, Kenneth Sayre, Mary Louise Gill, and Noburu Notomi have proposed a clever solution to this puzzle. In this paper I explain why the Sayre-Gill-Notomi solution is mistaken, and suggest a better solution. Th…
A Metaphysics for the Mob
Book Review| April 01 2009 A Metaphysics for the Mob: The Philosophy of George Berkeley John Russell Roberts, A Metaphysics for the Mob: The Philosophy of George Berkeley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. xii + 172 pp. Samuel C. Rickless Samuel C. Rickless Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2009) 118 (2): 244–247. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-2008-044 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Fa…
Is Locke’s Theory of Knowledge Inconsistent
Plato's Forms in Transition
There is a mystery at the heart of Plato's Parmenides. In the first part, Parmenides criticizes what is widely regarded as Plato's mature theory of Forms, and in the second, he promises to explain how the Forms can be saved from these criticisms. Ever since the dialogue was written, scholars have struggled to determine how the two parts of the work fit together. Did Plato mean us to abandon, keep or modify the theory of Forms, on the strength of …
From the Good Will to the Formula of Universal Law 1
In the First Section of the Groundwork , Kant argues that a good‐willed person “under subjective limitations and hindrances” is required “never to act except in such a way that [she] could also will that [her] maxim should become a universal law.” Call this argument “K”. Although recent commentators (including Barbara Herman, Christine Korsgaard, Nelson Potter, and Allen Wood) have done much to clarify and defend many of the important claims Kant…
How Parmenides Saved the Theory of Forms
Plato's Parmenides divides up into two main parts, the first ostensibly devoted to a series of criticisms launched by a venerable Parmenides against a theory of Forms previously articulated by a youthful Socrates, the second consisting of a virtually unbroken series of deductions (some from the hypothesis that the One is, the rest from the contradictory hypothesis that the One is not) to seemingly incompatible conclusions. As such, the dialogue p…
The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing
There is a long-standing disagreement over whether to accept consequentialism, the view that the morality of an action or omission depends solely on its consequences. In defense of nonconsequentialism, some moral theorists appeal to the widely shared intuition that there is a morally significant difference between doing harm and merely allowing it to occur. According to these theorists, there are cases in which the morality of a given action or o…
Three Cheers for Double Effect
The doctrine of double effect, together with other moral principles that appeal to the intentions of moral agents, has come under attack from many directions in recent years, as have a variety of rationales that have been given in favor of it. In this paper, our aim is to develop, defend, and provide a new theoretical rationale for a secular version of the doctrine. Following Quinn (1989), we distinguish between Harmful Direct Agency and Harmful …
The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing
There is a long-standing disagreement over whether to accept consequentialism, the view that the morality of an action or omission depends solely on its consequences. In defense of nonconsequentialism, some moral theorists appeal to the widely shared intuition that there is a morally significant difference between doing harm and merely allowing it to occur. According to these theorists, there are cases in which the morality of a given action or o…
Is Locke’s Theory of Knowledge Inconsistent
From the Good Will to the Formula of Universal Law 1
In the First Section of the Groundwork , Kant argues that a good‐willed person “under subjective limitations and hindrances” is required “never to act except in such a way that [she] could also will that [her] maxim should become a universal law.” Call this argument “K”. Although recent commentators (including Barbara Herman, Christine Korsgaard, Nelson Potter, and Allen Wood) have done much to clarify and defend many of the important claims Kant…
How Parmenides Saved the Theory of Forms
Plato's Parmenides divides up into two main parts, the first ostensibly devoted to a series of criticisms launched by a venerable Parmenides against a theory of Forms previously articulated by a youthful Socrates, the second consisting of a virtually unbroken series of deductions (some from the hypothesis that the One is, the rest from the contradictory hypothesis that the One is not) to seemingly incompatible conclusions. As such, the dialogue p…
The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing
There is a long-standing disagreement over whether to accept consequentialism, the view that the morality of an action or omission depends solely on its consequences. In defense of nonconsequentialism, some moral theorists appeal to the widely shared intuition that there is a morally significant difference between doing harm and merely allowing it to occur. According to these theorists, there are cases in which the morality of a given action or o…
How Parmenides Saved the Theory of Forms
Plato's Parmenides divides up into two main parts, the first ostensibly devoted to a series of criticisms launched by a venerable Parmenides against a theory of Forms previously articulated by a youthful Socrates, the second consisting of a virtually unbroken series of deductions (some from the hypothesis that the One is, the rest from the contradictory hypothesis that the One is not) to seemingly incompatible conclusions. As such, the dialogue p…
From the Good Will to the Formula of Universal Law 1
In the First Section of the Groundwork , Kant argues that a good‐willed person “under subjective limitations and hindrances” is required “never to act except in such a way that [she] could also will that [her] maxim should become a universal law.” Call this argument “K”. Although recent commentators (including Barbara Herman, Christine Korsgaard, Nelson Potter, and Allen Wood) have done much to clarify and defend many of the important claims Kant…
Plato's Forms in Transition
There is a mystery at the heart of Plato's Parmenides. In the first part, Parmenides criticizes what is widely regarded as Plato's mature theory of Forms, and in the second, he promises to explain how the Forms can be saved from these criticisms. Ever since the dialogue was written, scholars have struggled to determine how the two parts of the work fit together. Did Plato mean us to abandon, keep or modify the theory of Forms, on the strength of …
Is Locke’s Theory of Knowledge Inconsistent
A Metaphysics for the Mob
Book Review| April 01 2009 A Metaphysics for the Mob: The Philosophy of George Berkeley John Russell Roberts, A Metaphysics for the Mob: The Philosophy of George Berkeley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. xii + 172 pp. Samuel C. Rickless Samuel C. Rickless Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2009) 118 (2): 244–247. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-2008-044 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Fa…
Plato’s Definition(s) of Sophistry
Plato’s Sophist is puzzling inasmuch as it presents us with seven completely different definitions of sophistry. Though not all seven definitions could be accurate, Plato never explicitly indicates which of the definitions is mistaken. Recently, Kenneth Sayre, Mary Louise Gill, and Noburu Notomi have proposed a clever solution to this puzzle. In this paper I explain why the Sayre-Gill-Notomi solution is mistaken, and suggest a better solution. Th…
Why and How to Fill an Unfilled Proposition
There are two major semantic theories of proper names: Semantic Descriptivism and Direct Reference. According to Semantic Descriptivism, the semantic content of a proper name N for a speaker S is identical to the semantic content of a definite description “the F” that the speaker associates with the name. According to Direct Reference, the semantic content of a proper name is identical to its referent. Semantic Descriptivism suffers from a number…
The Contrast‐ In sensitivity of Knowledge Ascriptions
Three Cheers for Double Effect
The doctrine of double effect, together with other moral principles that appeal to the intentions of moral agents, has come under attack from many directions in recent years, as have a variety of rationales that have been given in favor of it. In this paper, our aim is to develop, defend, and provide a new theoretical rationale for a secular version of the doctrine. Following Quinn (1989), we distinguish between Harmful Direct Agency and Harmful …
Why Tolerate Religion
This book considers the important question whether a good moral case can be made, on deontological or consequentialist grounds, for the privileging of religious over nonreligious claims of conscience in any scheme of principled toleration in a liberal state. Leiter's conclusion, of significant moment both legally and culturally if true, is that the “selective application [of toleration] to the conscience of only religious believers is not morally…
O "Parmênides" de Platão revisitado
O Parmênides de Platão é um diálogo notoriamente desafiador. Para apresentar uma interpretação completamente satisfatória dele, cada argumento precisa ser reconstruído em seus próprios termos e se todas as reconstruções forem acuradas, as interconexões lógicas entre os argumentos de ambas as partes do diálogo devem revelar a mensagem geral do Parmênides. Aqui gostaria de resumir minha interpretação e considerar algumas importantes objeções e alte…
Berkeley's Criticisms of Shaftesbury and Hutcheson
In this paper, I attempt to clarify the nature and purpose of Berkeley's criticisms of Shaftesbury's and Hutcheson's ethical systems in the third chapter of Alciphron , explaining the extent to which those criticisms rely on the truth of idealism and considering whether Berkeley or his philosophical opponents have the better of the arguments. In the end, I conclude that some of Berkeley's criticisms are based on confusion and misunderstanding, ot…
Sensitivity to shifts in probability of harm and benefit in moral dilemmas
Beyond killing one to save five
A great deal of current research on moral judgments centers on moral dilemmas concerning tradeoffs between one and five lives. Whether one considers killing one innocent person to save five others to be morally required or impermissible has been taken to determine whether one is appealing to consequentialist or non-consequentialist reasoning. But this focus on tradeoffs between one and five may obscure more nuanced commitments involved in moral d…
Does Sarah Chapone Endorse a Republican Conception of Liberty
In The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives (1735), Sarah Chapone argues that the English laws governing marriage, including the common law doctrine of coverture, are cruel and unjust to wives. In a close study of this work, Jacqueline Broad (2015) argues that Chapone endorses a republican (or nondomination) conception of liberty, as the absence of anyone else's arbitrary, non‐normative power to intentionally worsen one's choice sit…
Does Mary Astell think that marriage is a form of slavery
In Some Reflections Upon Marriage, Mary Astell issues a famous challenge: “If all Men are born free, how is it that all Women are born slaves?” This comment has occasioned a debate over whether Astell thinks that marriage is a form of slavery. Some (e.g. Joan Kinnaird and Patricia Springborg) argue that Astell’s comment is rhetorical or ironic, a subversive stratagem designed to expose to ridicule the tenets of contractarian liberalism. Others (e…
The Moral Status of Enabling Harm Revisited
Most non‐consequentialists accept that, other things equal, it is more difficult to justify doing harm than it is to justify allowing harm . But there is a further question regarding the moral status of enabling harm. Rickless (2011), following in the footsteps of Foot (1967) and Hanser (1999), has defended the moral equivalence of enabling harm and allowing harm (MEEA). His case for MEEA, as well as MEEA itself, has been criticized by Barry and …
Philosophy (15 obras) · Epistemology (14 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (5 obras) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (5 obras) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 obras) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 obras) · Free Will and Agency (4 obras) · Harm (4 obras)