Adam Etinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1593058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam Etinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | Etinson |
| SIGNATURE | ETINSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5214-2316 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Wiggins on Ethical Objectivity and ‘Des Cannibales’
This short essay offers a commentary on Chapter 11 of David Wiggins’, Ethics (2006). The essay asks how we should interpret Wiggins’ defense of ethical ‘objectivity’ given his subjectivist metaethics. An interpretation is drawn from Sharon Street's work on metaethical constructivism, of which Wiggins’ view is taken to be one variety
Dignity in ‘the streets’: A comment on Gilabert
These comments focus on Part II of Pablo Gilabert's, Human Dignity and Human Rights. They make three main points. First, they stress the helpfulness of Gilabert's distinction between so-called “status” and “condition” dignity. Second, they raise doubts about Gilabert's understanding of the grounds of human dignity – in particular, whether these must include “valuable” features of human beings. And third, they ask whether Gilabert's account of dig…
What's So Special About Human Dignity
Human dignity makes demands on us. It is something we’re supposed to respect. But how? What are these demands? Many consider human dignity to require respect for the moral status of human beings. Others think it requires respect for the autonomy or moral inviolability of persons. This paper argues that dignity’s fundamental concern is with social status – or what we sometimes call “honor.” What it requires is that we avoid humiliating or degradin…
On ‘aristocratic’ dignity
In his recent book, Andrea Sangiovanni raises various objections against what he calls the ‘aristocratic’ conception of dignity – the idea that dignity represents a kind of high-ranking social status. In this short article, I suggest that Sangiovanni gives the aristocrats less credit than they deserve. Not only do his objections target an uncharitably narrow version of the view: Sangiovanni surreptitiously incorporates aspects of the aristocratic…
Human Rights: Moral or Political?
This volume explores philosophical questions raised by the dual status of human rights as moral rights, on the one hand, and legally, politically, and historically practised rights, on the other. Its topics include: the relevance of the history of human rights to their philosophical comprehension (Part I); the “Orthodox–Political” debate (II); how to properly understand the relationship between human rights morality and law (III); how to balance …
Human Rights: Moral or Political
Conversation
This article examines the value of exposure to foreign media and pop culture: a form of intercultural "conversation." As a case study, it focuses on North Korea, where citizens gain access to American and South Korean pop culture via illegal USB sticks, often smuggled in by balloon. The article identifies three possible transformative effects of such encounters: the humanization of the "Other"; the disruption of established systems of belief; and…
Human Rights, Claimability and the Uses of Abstraction
This article addresses the so-called ‘claimability objection’ to human rights. Focusing specifically on the work of Onora O'Neill, the article challenges two important aspects of her version of this objection. First: its narrowness. O'Neill understands the claimability of a right to depend on the identification of its duty-bearers. But there is good reason to think that the claimability of a right depends on more than just that, which makes abstr…
Political and Naturalistic Conceptions of Human Rights: A False Polemic?
What are human rights? According to one longstanding account, the Naturalistic Conception of human rights, human rights are those that we have simply in virtue of being human. In recent years, however, a new and purportedly alternative conception of human rights has become increasingly popular. This is the so-called Political Conception of human rights, the proponents of which include John Rawls, Charles Beitz, and Joseph Raz. In this paper we ar…
What's So Special About Human Dignity
Human dignity makes demands on us. It is something we’re supposed to respect. But how? What are these demands? Many consider human dignity to require respect for the moral status of human beings. Others think it requires respect for the autonomy or moral inviolability of persons. This paper argues that dignity’s fundamental concern is with social status – or what we sometimes call “honor.” What it requires is that we avoid humiliating or degradin…
Human Rights, Claimability and the Uses of Abstraction
This article addresses the so-called ‘claimability objection’ to human rights. Focusing specifically on the work of Onora O'Neill, the article challenges two important aspects of her version of this objection. First: its narrowness. O'Neill understands the claimability of a right to depend on the identification of its duty-bearers. But there is good reason to think that the claimability of a right depends on more than just that, which makes abstr…
Conversation
This article examines the value of exposure to foreign media and pop culture: a form of intercultural "conversation." As a case study, it focuses on North Korea, where citizens gain access to American and South Korean pop culture via illegal USB sticks, often smuggled in by balloon. The article identifies three possible transformative effects of such encounters: the humanization of the "Other"; the disruption of established systems of belief; and…
Political and Naturalistic Conceptions of Human Rights: A False Polemic?
What are human rights? According to one longstanding account, the Naturalistic Conception of human rights, human rights are those that we have simply in virtue of being human. In recent years, however, a new and purportedly alternative conception of human rights has become increasingly popular. This is the so-called Political Conception of human rights, the proponents of which include John Rawls, Charles Beitz, and Joseph Raz. In this paper we ar…
Human Rights, Claimability and the Uses of Abstraction
This article addresses the so-called ‘claimability objection’ to human rights. Focusing specifically on the work of Onora O'Neill, the article challenges two important aspects of her version of this objection. First: its narrowness. O'Neill understands the claimability of a right to depend on the identification of its duty-bearers. But there is good reason to think that the claimability of a right depends on more than just that, which makes abstr…
Human Rights: Moral or Political?
This volume explores philosophical questions raised by the dual status of human rights as moral rights, on the one hand, and legally, politically, and historically practised rights, on the other. Its topics include: the relevance of the history of human rights to their philosophical comprehension (Part I); the “Orthodox–Political” debate (II); how to properly understand the relationship between human rights morality and law (III); how to balance …
Human Rights: Moral or Political
Conversation
This article examines the value of exposure to foreign media and pop culture: a form of intercultural "conversation." As a case study, it focuses on North Korea, where citizens gain access to American and South Korean pop culture via illegal USB sticks, often smuggled in by balloon. The article identifies three possible transformative effects of such encounters: the humanization of the "Other"; the disruption of established systems of belief; and…
On ‘aristocratic’ dignity
In his recent book, Andrea Sangiovanni raises various objections against what he calls the ‘aristocratic’ conception of dignity – the idea that dignity represents a kind of high-ranking social status. In this short article, I suggest that Sangiovanni gives the aristocrats less credit than they deserve. Not only do his objections target an uncharitably narrow version of the view: Sangiovanni surreptitiously incorporates aspects of the aristocratic…
Dignity in ‘the streets’: A comment on Gilabert
These comments focus on Part II of Pablo Gilabert's, Human Dignity and Human Rights. They make three main points. First, they stress the helpfulness of Gilabert's distinction between so-called “status” and “condition” dignity. Second, they raise doubts about Gilabert's understanding of the grounds of human dignity – in particular, whether these must include “valuable” features of human beings. And third, they ask whether Gilabert's account of dig…
What's So Special About Human Dignity
Human dignity makes demands on us. It is something we’re supposed to respect. But how? What are these demands? Many consider human dignity to require respect for the moral status of human beings. Others think it requires respect for the autonomy or moral inviolability of persons. This paper argues that dignity’s fundamental concern is with social status – or what we sometimes call “honor.” What it requires is that we avoid humiliating or degradin…
Wiggins on Ethical Objectivity and ‘Des Cannibales’
This short essay offers a commentary on Chapter 11 of David Wiggins’, Ethics (2006). The essay asks how we should interpret Wiggins’ defense of ethical ‘objectivity’ given his subjectivist metaethics. An interpretation is drawn from Sharon Street's work on metaethical constructivism, of which Wiggins’ view is taken to be one variety
Philosophy (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (6 works) · Environmental ethics (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Human rights (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)