Christopher W Gowans
Biographic Data
| ID | 1135060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher W Gowans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher W |
| FAMILY NAME | Gowans |
| SIGNATURE | GOWANS C W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dōgen and the Exploration Model of Buddhist Practice
Buddhist practice is commonly understood as a path from suffering to enlightenment. However, in the Chan and Zen traditions, this understanding was disrupted by the ideas of sudden enlightenment and original enlightenment. I contend that in the work of Huineng and especially Dōgen, a different understanding of Buddhist practice emerges, a non-teleological approach that I call the exploration model of Buddhist practice. In this essay, I defend thi…
Moral Disagreements
Can moral disagreements be rationally resolved? Can universal human rights be defended in face of moral disagreements? The problem of moral disagreement is one of the central problems in moral thinking. It also provides a stimulating stepping-stone to some of the perennial problems of philosophy, such as relativism, scepticism, and objectivity. Moral Disagreements is the first anthology to bring together classic and contemporary readings on this …
Moral Disagreements
A priori refutations of disagreement arguments against moral objectivity
Practical Identities and Autonomy
Kant has long been taxed with an inability to explain the detailed normative content of our lives by making universalizability the sole arbiter of our values. Korsgaard addresses one form of this critique by defending a Kantian theory amended by a seemingly attractive conception of practical identities. Identities are dependent on the contingent circumstances of each person's world. Hence, obligations issuing from them differ from Kantian moral o…
Practical Guilt
Innocence Lost
Our lives are such that moral wrongdoing is sometimes inescapable for us. We have moral responsibilities to persons which may conflict and which it is wrong to violate even when they do conflict. Christopher W. Gowans argues that we must accept this conclusion if we are to make sense of our moral experience and the way in which persons are valuable to us. In defending this position, he critically examines the recent moral dilemmas debate. He main…
Geographies of Responsibility
Afer Kant
Is It Ever Right to Do Wrong
Innocence Lost
Our lives are such that moral wrongdoing is sometimes inescapable for us. We have moral responsibilities to persons which may conflict and which it is wrong to violate even when they do conflict. Christopher W. Gowans argues that we must accept this conclusion if we are to make sense of our moral experience and the way in which persons are valuable to us. In defending this position, he critically examines the recent moral dilemmas debate. He main…
Moral Relevance and Moral Conflict
Two Concepts of the Given in C. I. Lewis
Innocence Lost
Our lives are such that moral wrongdoing is sometimes inescapable for us. We have moral responsibilities to persons which may conflict and which it is wrong to violate even when they do conflict. Christopher W. Gowans argues that we must accept this conclusion if we are to make sense of our moral experience and the way in which persons are valuable to us. In defending this position, he critically examines the recent moral dilemmas debate. He main…
Practical Identities and Autonomy
Kant has long been taxed with an inability to explain the detailed normative content of our lives by making universalizability the sole arbiter of our values. Korsgaard addresses one form of this critique by defending a Kantian theory amended by a seemingly attractive conception of practical identities. Identities are dependent on the contingent circumstances of each person's world. Hence, obligations issuing from them differ from Kantian moral o…
Two Concepts of the Given in C. I. Lewis
Moral Relevance and Moral Conflict
Innocence Lost
Our lives are such that moral wrongdoing is sometimes inescapable for us. We have moral responsibilities to persons which may conflict and which it is wrong to violate even when they do conflict. Christopher W. Gowans argues that we must accept this conclusion if we are to make sense of our moral experience and the way in which persons are valuable to us. In defending this position, he critically examines the recent moral dilemmas debate. He main…
Is It Ever Right to Do Wrong
Afer Kant
Geographies of Responsibility
Practical Guilt
Innocence Lost
Our lives are such that moral wrongdoing is sometimes inescapable for us. We have moral responsibilities to persons which may conflict and which it is wrong to violate even when they do conflict. Christopher W. Gowans argues that we must accept this conclusion if we are to make sense of our moral experience and the way in which persons are valuable to us. In defending this position, he critically examines the recent moral dilemmas debate. He main…
Practical Identities and Autonomy
Kant has long been taxed with an inability to explain the detailed normative content of our lives by making universalizability the sole arbiter of our values. Korsgaard addresses one form of this critique by defending a Kantian theory amended by a seemingly attractive conception of practical identities. Identities are dependent on the contingent circumstances of each person's world. Hence, obligations issuing from them differ from Kantian moral o…
A priori refutations of disagreement arguments against moral objectivity
Moral Disagreements
Can moral disagreements be rationally resolved? Can universal human rights be defended in face of moral disagreements? The problem of moral disagreement is one of the central problems in moral thinking. It also provides a stimulating stepping-stone to some of the perennial problems of philosophy, such as relativism, scepticism, and objectivity. Moral Disagreements is the first anthology to bring together classic and contemporary readings on this …
Moral Disagreements
Dōgen and the Exploration Model of Buddhist Practice
Buddhist practice is commonly understood as a path from suffering to enlightenment. However, in the Chan and Zen traditions, this understanding was disrupted by the ideas of sudden enlightenment and original enlightenment. I contend that in the work of Huineng and especially Dōgen, a different understanding of Buddhist practice emerges, a non-teleological approach that I call the exploration model of Buddhist practice. In this essay, I defend thi…
Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Moral reasoning (3 works)