Hill
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 19256 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Hill |
| APELLIDO | Hill |
| FIRMA | HILL |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7042-8318 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1938 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
No Special Morality for Carbon Emitting
By one estimate, the carbons I cause to be emitted into the Earth’s atmosphere have the expected harm of reducing human life by six months. A natural thought is that it is permissible for me to do ...
Hinduism, Leibniz, and Origin Essentialism
Deshmukh and Janssen-Lauret (2024) (hereafter D&J) show that origin essentialism, when combined with other metaphysical theses assumed by Kripke in Naming and Necessity , are together inconsistent with Hinduism. They also show that, given the way in which the seeming inconsistency arises, Hinduism, if there is an inconsistency, would be a counterexample to Kripke’s theory. I concur. But I argue that it is the auxiliary metaphysical theses, and no…
Classical theism and universalism
In Not a Hope in Hell , James Dominic Rooney argues that universalism, the view that necessarily God will save everyone, is inconsistent with classical theism. I show that Rooney’s argument is unsound. In particular, some of the premises are false, some of the premises are themselves inconsistent with classical theism, and some of the premises are inconsistent with additional views, beyond classical theism, that Aquinas holds about God and the Be…
Earthly life is not pointless for universalists
Some philosophers and theologians argue that if God will save everyone, then earthly life is pointless. No matter how good earthly life is, heaven would be far better. So we would have been better off if God had started us off in heaven. I present and defend two objections to this argument. First, time on earth does not result in a deduction from time in heaven. Pick whatever amount of time you might wish to spend in heaven. You will spend that m…
Food in the news
Media reporting of the associations between intake of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and negative health outcomes has become common. The objective was to examine the impact of exposure to public facing information about UPFs on consumers in a laboratory experiment. In a mixed-design, we used a methodology that resulted in participants (N = 96: mean age = 46.28, 49 % female) being exposed to one of three mock news articles detailing: (1) the negativ…
Against Adoption‐Based Objections to Procreation
Many philosophers and members of the public think it is wrong to procreate. If one wants children, it is permissible to adopt. But procreation is allegedly impermissible because there is some respect in which adoption is better than procreation. There are two prominent variants of such objections. First, we have a duty to help others. Adopting a child from a poor country satisfies that duty. But procreation does not. Second, adding another person…
Strawsonian Hard Determinism
Strawsonian accounts of moral responsibility are widely associated with opposition to hard determinism. However, it is only a historical accident that these views are bundled together. I show that Strawson’s deepest commitments are perfectly consistent with, and even support, a new and improved form of hard determinism. I then discuss various ways in which the resulting view is an improvement over extant versions of hard determinism. Among these …
Against the Double Standard Argument in AI Ethics
Gaslighting and Peer Disagreement
I present a counterexample to Kirk-Giannini’s Dilemmatic Theory of gaslighting
Modal Realism is a Newcomb Problem
Why God allows undeserved horrendous evil
I defend a new version of the non-identity theodicy. After presenting the theodicy, I reply to a series of objections. I then argue that my approach improves upon similar approaches in the literature
Error Theories and Bare-Difference Methodology
Virtue signalling and the Condorcet Jury theorem
One might think that if the majority of virtue signallers judge that a proposition is true, then there is significant evidence for the truth of that proposition. Given the Condorcet Jury Theorem, individual virtue signallers need not be very reliable for the majority judgment to be very likely to be correct. Thus, even people who are skeptical of the judgments of individual virtue signallers should think that if a majority of them judge that a pr…
Beyond the Code
For over 80 years, the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) has been a leader in the promotion of ethical practice within the field of engineering. One of the Society’s greatest contributions is the formation and adoption of the NSPE Code of Ethics. But the code, with its six "Fundamental Canons," is only truly instructive if engineers can bridge the gap between principles and action. Here there is no substitute for personal reflecti…
Animals Deserve Moral Consideration
Richard Joyce's New Objections to the Divine Command Theory
Is’–‘Ought’ Derivations and Ethical Taxonomies
The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases among South American Indians
Volume Information
American Orthopsychiatric Association 1938, Membership List
The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases among South American Indians
Virtue signalling and the Condorcet Jury theorem
One might think that if the majority of virtue signallers judge that a proposition is true, then there is significant evidence for the truth of that proposition. Given the Condorcet Jury Theorem, individual virtue signallers need not be very reliable for the majority judgment to be very likely to be correct. Thus, even people who are skeptical of the judgments of individual virtue signallers should think that if a majority of them judge that a pr…
American Orthopsychiatric Association 1938, Membership List
Volume Information
The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases among South American Indians
Is’–‘Ought’ Derivations and Ethical Taxonomies
Richard Joyce's New Objections to the Divine Command Theory
Animals Deserve Moral Consideration
Error Theories and Bare-Difference Methodology
Virtue signalling and the Condorcet Jury theorem
One might think that if the majority of virtue signallers judge that a proposition is true, then there is significant evidence for the truth of that proposition. Given the Condorcet Jury Theorem, individual virtue signallers need not be very reliable for the majority judgment to be very likely to be correct. Thus, even people who are skeptical of the judgments of individual virtue signallers should think that if a majority of them judge that a pr…
Beyond the Code
For over 80 years, the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) has been a leader in the promotion of ethical practice within the field of engineering. One of the Society’s greatest contributions is the formation and adoption of the NSPE Code of Ethics. But the code, with its six "Fundamental Canons," is only truly instructive if engineers can bridge the gap between principles and action. Here there is no substitute for personal reflecti…
Modal Realism is a Newcomb Problem
Why God allows undeserved horrendous evil
I defend a new version of the non-identity theodicy. After presenting the theodicy, I reply to a series of objections. I then argue that my approach improves upon similar approaches in the literature
Against Adoption‐Based Objections to Procreation
Many philosophers and members of the public think it is wrong to procreate. If one wants children, it is permissible to adopt. But procreation is allegedly impermissible because there is some respect in which adoption is better than procreation. There are two prominent variants of such objections. First, we have a duty to help others. Adopting a child from a poor country satisfies that duty. But procreation does not. Second, adding another person…
Strawsonian Hard Determinism
Strawsonian accounts of moral responsibility are widely associated with opposition to hard determinism. However, it is only a historical accident that these views are bundled together. I show that Strawson’s deepest commitments are perfectly consistent with, and even support, a new and improved form of hard determinism. I then discuss various ways in which the resulting view is an improvement over extant versions of hard determinism. Among these …
Against the Double Standard Argument in AI Ethics
Gaslighting and Peer Disagreement
I present a counterexample to Kirk-Giannini’s Dilemmatic Theory of gaslighting
Classical theism and universalism
In Not a Hope in Hell , James Dominic Rooney argues that universalism, the view that necessarily God will save everyone, is inconsistent with classical theism. I show that Rooney’s argument is unsound. In particular, some of the premises are false, some of the premises are themselves inconsistent with classical theism, and some of the premises are inconsistent with additional views, beyond classical theism, that Aquinas holds about God and the Be…
Earthly life is not pointless for universalists
Some philosophers and theologians argue that if God will save everyone, then earthly life is pointless. No matter how good earthly life is, heaven would be far better. So we would have been better off if God had started us off in heaven. I present and defend two objections to this argument. First, time on earth does not result in a deduction from time in heaven. Pick whatever amount of time you might wish to spend in heaven. You will spend that m…
Food in the news
Media reporting of the associations between intake of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and negative health outcomes has become common. The objective was to examine the impact of exposure to public facing information about UPFs on consumers in a laboratory experiment. In a mixed-design, we used a methodology that resulted in participants (N = 96: mean age = 46.28, 49 % female) being exposed to one of three mock news articles detailing: (1) the negativ…
No Special Morality for Carbon Emitting
By one estimate, the carbons I cause to be emitted into the Earth’s atmosphere have the expected harm of reducing human life by six months. A natural thought is that it is permissible for me to do ...
Hinduism, Leibniz, and Origin Essentialism
Deshmukh and Janssen-Lauret (2024) (hereafter D&J) show that origin essentialism, when combined with other metaphysical theses assumed by Kripke in Naming and Necessity , are together inconsistent with Hinduism. They also show that, given the way in which the seeming inconsistency arises, Hinduism, if there is an inconsistency, would be a counterexample to Kripke’s theory. I concur. But I argue that it is the auxiliary metaphysical theses, and no…
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