James Goodrich
Biographic Data
| ID | 1196789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Goodrich |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Goodrich |
| SIGNATURE | GOODRICH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin‐Madison Madison Wisconsin USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
In defense of no one
According to the Wrong Restriction , we are liable to defensive harm only when we threaten to wrong others. While attractive on a first pass, we argue that plausible philosophical claims make the Wrong Restriction difficult to accept. In its place, we offer the Impermissibility Restriction , according to which one is liable to defensive harm only if one would act impermissibly, all things considered. Accepting the Impermissibility Restriction in …
Seize the Means of Prediction! Data, Domination, and Antitrust
Alphabet, Meta, and others collect data about us to maximize the effectiveness of ads on their platforms. Comparatively little philosophical attention, however, has been paid to worries about this business model expressed by an influential group of antitrust scholars known as the ‘Neo‐Brandeisians’. My aim is to begin giving their worries the philosophical attention they are due
In Defense of Moderation: Culpable Ignorance and the Structure of Exculpation
Many of us believe that if some acts wrongly out of culpably ignorance, they are morally blameworthy to some degree. I offer a defense of this view against the powerful "Liberal Challenge" to the position. My defense proceeds by arguing that facts about a given agent's quality of will can play a different explanatory role in the larger theory of blameworthiness and the structure of exculpation than is often assumed
Ethics and Existence: The Legacy of Derek Parfit
Principles and Persons: The Legacy of Derek Parfit
Mereological Dominance and the Logic of Better-Than
It's been argued that better-than is non-transitive – that there are some value bearers for which better-than fails to generate an acyclic ordering. Michael Huemer has offered a powerful objection to this view, which he dubs ‘The Dominance Argument’. In what follows, I consider the extent to which there is a plausible response to be made on behalf of those who hold that better-than is non-transitive. I conclude that there is
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Mereological Dominance and the Logic of Better-Than
It's been argued that better-than is non-transitive – that there are some value bearers for which better-than fails to generate an acyclic ordering. Michael Huemer has offered a powerful objection to this view, which he dubs ‘The Dominance Argument’. In what follows, I consider the extent to which there is a plausible response to be made on behalf of those who hold that better-than is non-transitive. I conclude that there is
Principles and Persons: The Legacy of Derek Parfit
Ethics and Existence: The Legacy of Derek Parfit
In Defense of Moderation: Culpable Ignorance and the Structure of Exculpation
Many of us believe that if some acts wrongly out of culpably ignorance, they are morally blameworthy to some degree. I offer a defense of this view against the powerful "Liberal Challenge" to the position. My defense proceeds by arguing that facts about a given agent's quality of will can play a different explanatory role in the larger theory of blameworthiness and the structure of exculpation than is often assumed
In defense of no one
According to the Wrong Restriction , we are liable to defensive harm only when we threaten to wrong others. While attractive on a first pass, we argue that plausible philosophical claims make the Wrong Restriction difficult to accept. In its place, we offer the Impermissibility Restriction , according to which one is liable to defensive harm only if one would act impermissibly, all things considered. Accepting the Impermissibility Restriction in …
Seize the Means of Prediction! Data, Domination, and Antitrust
Alphabet, Meta, and others collect data about us to maximize the effectiveness of ads on their platforms. Comparatively little philosophical attention, however, has been paid to worries about this business model expressed by an influential group of antitrust scholars known as the ‘Neo‐Brandeisians’. My aim is to begin giving their worries the philosophical attention they are due
Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Consequentialism (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Honour (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · War, Ethics, and Justification (2 works)