Stan Van Hooft
Biographic Data
| ID | 1185108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stan Van Hooft |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stan |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Hooft |
| SIGNATURE | VAN HOOFT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Caring, objectivity and justice
The argument of this article is framed by a debate between the principle of humanity and the principle of justice. Whereas the principle of humanity requires us to care about others and to want to help them meet their vital needs, and so to be partial towards those others, the principle of justice requires us to consider their needs without the intrusion of our subjective interests or emotions so that we can act with impartiality. I argue that a …
Humanity or justice
This paper reflects on a critique of cosmopolitanism mounted by Tom Campbell, who argues that cosmopolitans place undue stress on the issue of global justice. Campbell argues that aid for the impoverished needy in the third world, for example, should be given on the Principle of Humanity rather than on the Principle of Justice. This line of thought is also pursued by 'Liberal Nationalists' like Yael Tamir and David Miller. Thomas Nagel makes a si…
Questioning Cosmopolitanism
Cosmopolitanism
Cosmopolitanism
Cosmopolitanism is a demanding and contentious moral position. It urges us to embrace the whole world into our moral concerns and to apply the standards of impartiality and equity across boundaries of nationality, race, religion or gender. It suggests a range of virtues which the cosmopolitan individual should display: tolerance, justice, pity, righteous indignation at injustice, generosity toward the poor and starving, care for the global enviro…
Global justice
Gillian Brock, Global justice: a cosmopolitan account (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), ISBN 978-0-19-923093-8 (Hbk), 978-0-19-923094-5 (Pbk), US$110, 366 pages with index and bibliography (also available as electronic download @ US$22).This is a review of Gillian Brock's new book, Global justice: a cosmopolitan account (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) which sets out the central theses of the book and then offers a critical appraisa…
Cosmopolitanism as Virtue
This paper explores cosmopolitanism, not as a position within political philosophy or international relations, but as a virtuous stance taken by individuals who see their responsibilities as extending globally. Taking as its cue some recent writing by Kwame Anthony Appiah, it argues for a number of virtues that are inherent in, and required by, such a stance. It is critical of what it sees as a limited scope in Appiah's conception and enriches it…
Life, Death, and Subjectivity
This book presents an exploration of concepts central to health care practice. In exploring such concepts as Subjectivity, Life, Personhood, and Death in deep philosophical terms, the book aims to draw out the ethical demands that arise when we encounter these phenomena, and also the moral resources of health care workers for meeting those demands. The series Values in Bioethics makes available original philosophical books in all areas of bioethi…
Life, Death, and Subjectivity
The Suffering Body
Our conceptions of suffering and of pain are vitiated by dualistic ways of thinking. For example, Eric Cassell's definition of suffering implies that it is a psychological accompaniment to pain. This article challenges this approach by positing an Aristotelian conception of the human person and defining suffering as the frustration of the internal tendencies of all aspects of the person. In this way suffering can be seen as an objective condition…
The Reality behind Suffering
The Persistence of Intuitionism
The Meanings of Suffering
Western thinkers have usually falsified our experience of suffering in trying to make sense of it. In a postmodern age, their accounts seem implausible. We need a way of making sense of suffering while admitting its horror
Health and subjectivity
This paper is an exploration of health as a state of subjectivity rather than as an observable condition of the body. Subjectivity is analysed as involving a pre-intentional conative dimension distinct from the biological and pragmatic dimensions of living. Using some concepts from Levinas to articulate this conative dimension, I argue that what Levinas describes as 'love of life'- an inchoate feeling that the living of life is enjoyment and nour…
Ricoeur on Choice
Merleau-Ponty and the Problem of Intentional Explanation
The Suffering Body
Our conceptions of suffering and of pain are vitiated by dualistic ways of thinking. For example, Eric Cassell's definition of suffering implies that it is a psychological accompaniment to pain. This article challenges this approach by positing an Aristotelian conception of the human person and defining suffering as the frustration of the internal tendencies of all aspects of the person. In this way suffering can be seen as an objective condition…
Cosmopolitanism as Virtue
This paper explores cosmopolitanism, not as a position within political philosophy or international relations, but as a virtuous stance taken by individuals who see their responsibilities as extending globally. Taking as its cue some recent writing by Kwame Anthony Appiah, it argues for a number of virtues that are inherent in, and required by, such a stance. It is critical of what it sees as a limited scope in Appiah's conception and enriches it…
Health and subjectivity
This paper is an exploration of health as a state of subjectivity rather than as an observable condition of the body. Subjectivity is analysed as involving a pre-intentional conative dimension distinct from the biological and pragmatic dimensions of living. Using some concepts from Levinas to articulate this conative dimension, I argue that what Levinas describes as 'love of life'- an inchoate feeling that the living of life is enjoyment and nour…
Merleau-Ponty and the Problem of Intentional Explanation
Ricoeur on Choice
Health and subjectivity
This paper is an exploration of health as a state of subjectivity rather than as an observable condition of the body. Subjectivity is analysed as involving a pre-intentional conative dimension distinct from the biological and pragmatic dimensions of living. Using some concepts from Levinas to articulate this conative dimension, I argue that what Levinas describes as 'love of life'- an inchoate feeling that the living of life is enjoyment and nour…
The Meanings of Suffering
Western thinkers have usually falsified our experience of suffering in trying to make sense of it. In a postmodern age, their accounts seem implausible. We need a way of making sense of suffering while admitting its horror
The Reality behind Suffering
The Persistence of Intuitionism
The Suffering Body
Our conceptions of suffering and of pain are vitiated by dualistic ways of thinking. For example, Eric Cassell's definition of suffering implies that it is a psychological accompaniment to pain. This article challenges this approach by positing an Aristotelian conception of the human person and defining suffering as the frustration of the internal tendencies of all aspects of the person. In this way suffering can be seen as an objective condition…
Life, Death, and Subjectivity
This book presents an exploration of concepts central to health care practice. In exploring such concepts as Subjectivity, Life, Personhood, and Death in deep philosophical terms, the book aims to draw out the ethical demands that arise when we encounter these phenomena, and also the moral resources of health care workers for meeting those demands. The series Values in Bioethics makes available original philosophical books in all areas of bioethi…
Life, Death, and Subjectivity
Cosmopolitanism as Virtue
This paper explores cosmopolitanism, not as a position within political philosophy or international relations, but as a virtuous stance taken by individuals who see their responsibilities as extending globally. Taking as its cue some recent writing by Kwame Anthony Appiah, it argues for a number of virtues that are inherent in, and required by, such a stance. It is critical of what it sees as a limited scope in Appiah's conception and enriches it…
Cosmopolitanism
Cosmopolitanism
Cosmopolitanism is a demanding and contentious moral position. It urges us to embrace the whole world into our moral concerns and to apply the standards of impartiality and equity across boundaries of nationality, race, religion or gender. It suggests a range of virtues which the cosmopolitan individual should display: tolerance, justice, pity, righteous indignation at injustice, generosity toward the poor and starving, care for the global enviro…
Global justice
Gillian Brock, Global justice: a cosmopolitan account (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), ISBN 978-0-19-923093-8 (Hbk), 978-0-19-923094-5 (Pbk), US$110, 366 pages with index and bibliography (also available as electronic download @ US$22).This is a review of Gillian Brock's new book, Global justice: a cosmopolitan account (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) which sets out the central theses of the book and then offers a critical appraisa…
Questioning Cosmopolitanism
Caring, objectivity and justice
The argument of this article is framed by a debate between the principle of humanity and the principle of justice. Whereas the principle of humanity requires us to care about others and to want to help them meet their vital needs, and so to be partial towards those others, the principle of justice requires us to consider their needs without the intrusion of our subjective interests or emotions so that we can act with impartiality. I argue that a …
Humanity or justice
This paper reflects on a critique of cosmopolitanism mounted by Tom Campbell, who argues that cosmopolitans place undue stress on the issue of global justice. Campbell argues that aid for the impoverished needy in the third world, for example, should be given on the Principle of Humanity rather than on the Principle of Justice. This line of thought is also pursued by 'Liberal Nationalists' like Yael Tamir and David Miller. Thomas Nagel makes a si…
Philosophy (12 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Cosmopolitanism (5 works) · Economic Justice (5 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (5 works) · Environmental ethics (4 works)