Michael Bukoski
Biographic Data
| ID | 1074232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Bukoski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Bukoski |
| SIGNATURE | BUKOSKI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8199-8129 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Moral uncertainty for consequentialists
How might an agent's moral uncertainty affect what they ought to do? One approach posits principles independent of all first-order moral theories to provide impartial guidance to those uncertain about which moral theory is true; a popular candidate is the principle of maximizing expected choiceworthiness (MEC). Another approach focuses on what first-order moral theories themselves might say about the moral implications of moral uncertainty. This …
Expressivism, Moral Fallibility, and the Approved Change Strategy
Moral Uncertainty and Distributive Sufficiency
Colin Marshall, Compassionate Moral Realism (Oxford: (Oxford University Press, 2018), pp. ix + 265
Korsgaard's Arguments for the Value of Humanity
In The Sources of Normativity and elsewhere, Korsgaard defends a Kantian ethical theory by arguing that valuing anything commits one to valuing humanity as the source of all value. I reconstruct Korsgaard's influential argument to show how she can resist many of the objections that critics have raised. I also show how the argument fails because, at a crucial point, it begs the question in favor of the value of humanity. It thus fails for internal…
A Critique of Smith’s Constitutivism
Metaethical constitutivists attempt to explain reasons or normativity in terms of what is constitutive of agency. Michael Smith has recently defended a novel form of constitutivism that he argues provides a rational foundation for morality. This article develops three main objections centered on (1) the normative significance of Smith’s conception of ideal agency, (2) whether that conception begs the question in favor of the rationality of moral …
A Critique of Smith’s Constitutivism
Metaethical constitutivists attempt to explain reasons or normativity in terms of what is constitutive of agency. Michael Smith has recently defended a novel form of constitutivism that he argues provides a rational foundation for morality. This article develops three main objections centered on (1) the normative significance of Smith’s conception of ideal agency, (2) whether that conception begs the question in favor of the rationality of moral …
Korsgaard's Arguments for the Value of Humanity
In The Sources of Normativity and elsewhere, Korsgaard defends a Kantian ethical theory by arguing that valuing anything commits one to valuing humanity as the source of all value. I reconstruct Korsgaard's influential argument to show how she can resist many of the objections that critics have raised. I also show how the argument fails because, at a crucial point, it begs the question in favor of the value of humanity. It thus fails for internal…
A Critique of Smith’s Constitutivism
Metaethical constitutivists attempt to explain reasons or normativity in terms of what is constitutive of agency. Michael Smith has recently defended a novel form of constitutivism that he argues provides a rational foundation for morality. This article develops three main objections centered on (1) the normative significance of Smith’s conception of ideal agency, (2) whether that conception begs the question in favor of the rationality of moral …
Korsgaard's Arguments for the Value of Humanity
In The Sources of Normativity and elsewhere, Korsgaard defends a Kantian ethical theory by arguing that valuing anything commits one to valuing humanity as the source of all value. I reconstruct Korsgaard's influential argument to show how she can resist many of the objections that critics have raised. I also show how the argument fails because, at a crucial point, it begs the question in favor of the value of humanity. It thus fails for internal…
Colin Marshall, Compassionate Moral Realism (Oxford: (Oxford University Press, 2018), pp. ix + 265
Moral Uncertainty and Distributive Sufficiency
Expressivism, Moral Fallibility, and the Approved Change Strategy
Moral uncertainty for consequentialists
How might an agent's moral uncertainty affect what they ought to do? One approach posits principles independent of all first-order moral theories to provide impartial guidance to those uncertain about which moral theory is true; a popular candidate is the principle of maximizing expected choiceworthiness (MEC). Another approach focuses on what first-order moral theories themselves might say about the moral implications of moral uncertainty. This …
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Free Will and Agency (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Ethics in medical practice (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works)