Joseph Mendola
Biographic Data
| ID | 1048205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Mendola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Mendola |
| SIGNATURE | MENDOLA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Philosophy, University of Nebraska—Lincoln |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Property Identity and the Supervenience Argument
The theses and arguments with which Jaegwon Kim was most identified all crucially involve properties. Events are said to be exemplification of properties by objects at times. Supervenience, despite its many varieties, is a relation between families of properties, such that there is no difference in supervening properties without a difference in subvening, base properties. The so-called ‘supervenience’ or ‘causal exclusion’ argument is directed ag…
Conflicts and Cooperation in Act Consequentialism
There are circumstances—involving conjunctive acts at a time or over time or the conjunction of acts of different agents—that threaten act consequentialism with self-defeat. There are also variants of act consequentialism—including consequentialist generalization, generalized act consequentialism, multiple-act consequentialism, cooperative consequentialism, and modally robust act consequentialism—that promise a more plausible treatment of circums…
Anti-externalism
Goodness and Justice
In Goodness and Justice, which was originally published in 2006, Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classical utilitarianism, while evading utilitarianism's familiar difficulties by adopting two modifications. His theory incorporates a developed form of consequentialism. When, as is common, someone is engaged in conflicting group acts, it requires that one perform one's role in that group act that is most …
Goodness and justice
In Goodness and Justice, Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classical utilitarianism, while evading utilitarianism's familiar difficulties by adopting two modifications. His theory incorporates a new form of consequentialism. When, as is common, someone is engaged in conflicting group acts, it requires that one perform one's role in that group act that is most beneficent. The theory also holds that overall…
Science and Necessity
General Ethics
Objective Value and Subjective States
There has been a revival of interest in moral realism, the thesis that there are ethical facts. Some, for instance Mackie, have argued that alleged ethical facts are too queer to take seriously.' But others, for instance Sturgeon, have touted their explanatory power and legitimacy.' Many recent discussions of moral realism have not focused on specifying plausible examples of ethical facts, and this may leave the abstract discussion of their possi…
Gauthier's Morals by Agreement and Two Kinds of Rationality
Objective Value and Subjective States
There has been a revival of interest in moral realism, the thesis that there are ethical facts. Some, for instance Mackie, have argued that alleged ethical facts are too queer to take seriously.' But others, for instance Sturgeon, have touted their explanatory power and legitimacy.' Many recent discussions of moral realism have not focused on specifying plausible examples of ethical facts, and this may leave the abstract discussion of their possi…
Gauthier's Morals by Agreement and Two Kinds of Rationality
Objective Value and Subjective States
There has been a revival of interest in moral realism, the thesis that there are ethical facts. Some, for instance Mackie, have argued that alleged ethical facts are too queer to take seriously.' But others, for instance Sturgeon, have touted their explanatory power and legitimacy.' Many recent discussions of moral realism have not focused on specifying plausible examples of ethical facts, and this may leave the abstract discussion of their possi…
General Ethics
Science and Necessity
Goodness and Justice
In Goodness and Justice, which was originally published in 2006, Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classical utilitarianism, while evading utilitarianism's familiar difficulties by adopting two modifications. His theory incorporates a developed form of consequentialism. When, as is common, someone is engaged in conflicting group acts, it requires that one perform one's role in that group act that is most …
Goodness and justice
In Goodness and Justice, Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classical utilitarianism, while evading utilitarianism's familiar difficulties by adopting two modifications. His theory incorporates a new form of consequentialism. When, as is common, someone is engaged in conflicting group acts, it requires that one perform one's role in that group act that is most beneficent. The theory also holds that overall…
Anti-externalism
Conflicts and Cooperation in Act Consequentialism
There are circumstances—involving conjunctive acts at a time or over time or the conjunction of acts of different agents—that threaten act consequentialism with self-defeat. There are also variants of act consequentialism—including consequentialist generalization, generalized act consequentialism, multiple-act consequentialism, cooperative consequentialism, and modally robust act consequentialism—that promise a more plausible treatment of circums…
Property Identity and the Supervenience Argument
The theses and arguments with which Jaegwon Kim was most identified all crucially involve properties. Events are said to be exemplification of properties by objects at times. Supervenience, despite its many varieties, is a relation between families of properties, such that there is no difference in supervening properties without a difference in subvening, base properties. The so-called ‘supervenience’ or ‘causal exclusion’ argument is directed ag…
Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Free Will and Agency (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Consequentialism (2 works) · Consequentialism (Ethics) (2 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Ethics (2 works) · Good and evil (2 works)