David A Borman
Biographic Data
| ID | 2445701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A Borman |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A |
| FAMILY NAME | Borman |
| SIGNATURE | BORMAN D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nipissing University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7206-077X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Moral Standing, Moral Trusteeship, and Moral Community
Self‐deception and moral interests
Adult persons normally are taken as prima facie authorities regarding their own avowed interests, so that an accusation of self‐deception with respect to such interests troubles our default presumptions. Furthermore, the difficulty, in practice, of knowing when such accusations are warranted presents a peculiar obstacle to moral justification, inasmuch as knowing how the interests of various persons really are likely to be affected by some act or…
Regressive De-Moralization
As Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell have observed, de-moralization—the retreat of normative regulation from specific areas of human life—represents an under-theorized component of the study of moral change. However, Buchanan and Powell, like Philip Kitcher, focus exclusively on instances of de-moralization that they regard as morally progressive. Indeed, the existing literature on moral change is almost silent on the matter of moral regression, …
Contractualism and the Right to Strike
Actual Agreement Contractualism
In this paper, I defend a metaethical position described as ‘actual agreement contractualism’: the view that norms arise from actual attempts to arrive at legitimate terms for social cooperation among all those affected. I distinguish the actual agreement approach from hypothetical approaches to contractualism, and defend the former against objections from Thomas Scanlon, in particular. The attractiveness of a focus on actual agreements, I argue,…
Extending the Diaspora
Reviewed by: Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People David Borman (bio) Curry, Dawne Y., Eric D. Duke, and Marshanda A. Smith, eds. Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2009. Eight years after hosting the "Diaspora Paradigms" conference at Michigan State University, Dawne Curry, Eric Duke, and Marshanda Smith—all organizers of the 2001 conference—have selected and published twelve essays th…
Idolatry of the Actual, The
Bullshit, Social Integration, and Political Legitimation
This paper proposes a Habermasian analysis of bullshit which diverges from the well-known account offered by Harry Frankfurt. It aims to show that Habermas's theory of communicative action provides superior conceptual tools for such an analysis, but also that the phenomenon of bullshit ought to be deeply troubling to Habermasians. Bullshit frustrates the transition to discourse, interrupts the binding force of communicative action (the basis of H…
Labour, exchange and recognition
This article explores Marx’s contention that the achievement of full personhood and, not just consequently, but simultaneously, of genuine intersubjectivity depends upon the attainment of recognition for one’s place in the social division of labour, recognition which is systematically denied to some individuals and groups of individuals through the capitalist organization of production and exchange. This reading is then employed in a critique of …
Betrayal in teaching
Labour, exchange and recognition
This article explores Marx’s contention that the achievement of full personhood and, not just consequently, but simultaneously, of genuine intersubjectivity depends upon the attainment of recognition for one’s place in the social division of labour, recognition which is systematically denied to some individuals and groups of individuals through the capitalist organization of production and exchange. This reading is then employed in a critique of …
Contractualism and the Right to Strike
Bullshit, Social Integration, and Political Legitimation
This paper proposes a Habermasian analysis of bullshit which diverges from the well-known account offered by Harry Frankfurt. It aims to show that Habermas's theory of communicative action provides superior conceptual tools for such an analysis, but also that the phenomenon of bullshit ought to be deeply troubling to Habermasians. Bullshit frustrates the transition to discourse, interrupts the binding force of communicative action (the basis of H…
Betrayal in teaching
Labour, exchange and recognition
This article explores Marx’s contention that the achievement of full personhood and, not just consequently, but simultaneously, of genuine intersubjectivity depends upon the attainment of recognition for one’s place in the social division of labour, recognition which is systematically denied to some individuals and groups of individuals through the capitalist organization of production and exchange. This reading is then employed in a critique of …
Idolatry of the Actual, The
Bullshit, Social Integration, and Political Legitimation
This paper proposes a Habermasian analysis of bullshit which diverges from the well-known account offered by Harry Frankfurt. It aims to show that Habermas's theory of communicative action provides superior conceptual tools for such an analysis, but also that the phenomenon of bullshit ought to be deeply troubling to Habermasians. Bullshit frustrates the transition to discourse, interrupts the binding force of communicative action (the basis of H…
Extending the Diaspora
Reviewed by: Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People David Borman (bio) Curry, Dawne Y., Eric D. Duke, and Marshanda A. Smith, eds. Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2009. Eight years after hosting the "Diaspora Paradigms" conference at Michigan State University, Dawne Curry, Eric Duke, and Marshanda Smith—all organizers of the 2001 conference—have selected and published twelve essays th…
Actual Agreement Contractualism
In this paper, I defend a metaethical position described as ‘actual agreement contractualism’: the view that norms arise from actual attempts to arrive at legitimate terms for social cooperation among all those affected. I distinguish the actual agreement approach from hypothetical approaches to contractualism, and defend the former against objections from Thomas Scanlon, in particular. The attractiveness of a focus on actual agreements, I argue,…
Contractualism and the Right to Strike
Self‐deception and moral interests
Adult persons normally are taken as prima facie authorities regarding their own avowed interests, so that an accusation of self‐deception with respect to such interests troubles our default presumptions. Furthermore, the difficulty, in practice, of knowing when such accusations are warranted presents a peculiar obstacle to moral justification, inasmuch as knowing how the interests of various persons really are likely to be affected by some act or…
Regressive De-Moralization
As Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell have observed, de-moralization—the retreat of normative regulation from specific areas of human life—represents an under-theorized component of the study of moral change. However, Buchanan and Powell, like Philip Kitcher, focus exclusively on instances of de-moralization that they regard as morally progressive. Indeed, the existing literature on moral change is almost silent on the matter of moral regression, …
Moral Standing, Moral Trusteeship, and Moral Community
Sociology (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works)