Tracy Isaacs
Biographic Data
| ID | 3698168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tracy Isaacs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tracy |
| FAMILY NAME | Isaacs |
| SIGNATURE | ISAACS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Collectivity
See How She Runs
This special issue of IJFAB starts from the premise that fitness is a feminist issue, and, more specifically, it is an issue that ought to be of concern to feminists interested in bioethics. While a neglected concept in feminist bioethics, fitness is of key importance to women's health and well-being. Not only that, it is also an area of women's lives that invites unwelcome policing and advice from friends, family members, medical practitioners, …
The most good we can do
Peter Singer’s ‘Famine, Affluence, and Morality’ (1972) had a profound influence on the way I and so many other people in positions of privilege thought about giving and our relationship to people
Collective Responsibility and Collective Obligation
Response to Critics
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Moral Responsibility in Collective Contexts
Tracy Isaacs argues that an accurate understanding of moral responsibility in collective contexts requires attention to responsibility at the individual and collective levels.
Collective Moral Responsibility and Collective Intention
Action and Its Explanation
Book Review| January 01 2005 Action and Its Explanation David-Hillel Ruben, Action and Its Explanation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. x, 240. Tracy Isaacs Tracy Isaacs Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2005) 114 (1): 128–131. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-114-1-128 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Tracy Isaacs; Action and Its Explanation. Th…
On Being Perfect and Doing the Right Thing
J'examine ici la plausibilité du perfectionnisme, compris comme une théorie morale dotée d'une structure conséquentialiste maximisante et du principe d'action suivant: maximise la valeur perfectionniste. Je soutiens que: 1) la structure en question ne répond pas aux préoccupations principales qui ont été responsables de l'intérêt récent pour ce type de théorie; 2) le principe d'action n'a que l'apparence de la précision; 3) nous ne pouvons promou…
A Question of Values
This volume contains ten chapters, each of which takes up a different question in contemporary moral or political philosophy. The volume has three parts: meta-ethics, issues in freedom and autonomy, and contemporary political philosophy. In the meta-ethical section, the chapters address issues concerning acts and their value, the plausibility of aggregation and counting with respect to the value of human lives, and the role of moral character in …
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A Question of Values
This volume contains ten chapters, each of which takes up a different question in contemporary moral or political philosophy. The volume has three parts: meta-ethics, issues in freedom and autonomy, and contemporary political philosophy. In the meta-ethical section, the chapters address issues concerning acts and their value, the plausibility of aggregation and counting with respect to the value of human lives, and the role of moral character in …
On Being Perfect and Doing the Right Thing
J'examine ici la plausibilité du perfectionnisme, compris comme une théorie morale dotée d'une structure conséquentialiste maximisante et du principe d'action suivant: maximise la valeur perfectionniste. Je soutiens que: 1) la structure en question ne répond pas aux préoccupations principales qui ont été responsables de l'intérêt récent pour ce type de théorie; 2) le principe d'action n'a que l'apparence de la précision; 3) nous ne pouvons promou…
Action and Its Explanation
Book Review| January 01 2005 Action and Its Explanation David-Hillel Ruben, Action and Its Explanation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. x, 240. Tracy Isaacs Tracy Isaacs Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2005) 114 (1): 128–131. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-114-1-128 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Tracy Isaacs; Action and Its Explanation. Th…
Collective Moral Responsibility and Collective Intention
Moral Responsibility in Collective Contexts
Tracy Isaacs argues that an accurate understanding of moral responsibility in collective contexts requires attention to responsibility at the individual and collective levels.
Collective Responsibility and Collective Obligation
Response to Critics
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
See How She Runs
This special issue of IJFAB starts from the premise that fitness is a feminist issue, and, more specifically, it is an issue that ought to be of concern to feminists interested in bioethics. While a neglected concept in feminist bioethics, fitness is of key importance to women's health and well-being. Not only that, it is also an area of women's lives that invites unwelcome policing and advice from friends, family members, medical practitioners, …
The most good we can do
Peter Singer’s ‘Famine, Affluence, and Morality’ (1972) had a profound influence on the way I and so many other people in positions of privilege thought about giving and our relationship to people
Collectivity
Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Collective responsibility (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Analytic philosophy (2 works)