Seiriol Morgan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3874004 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Seiriol Morgan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Seiriol |
| FAMILY NAME | Morgan |
| SIGNATURE | MORGAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Problem of Imputability in the Kantian Aftermath
This paper analyses a dispute that flared up in the 1790s about whether Kant’s moral theory leaves room for the possibility of imputable wrongdoing. Contra Paul Guyer’s reading, I argue this was not merely a matter of mutual misunderstanding but reflected its participants’ varying perceptions of an arguably genuine dilemma for Kantian ethics: that what he needs to say to explain how imputable action contrary to duty is possible within his framewo…
Entitlement, domination and violence
This paper outlines a philosophical model of a deviant sense of personal justification. The model originates in German Idealism, and presents an attitude which occurs when dominators find a way of feeling justified in their domination, because the very action of wilfully imposing it constitutes a form of personal worthiness making them superior to those who fail to resist them. Having judged themselves superior, they then take themselves to deser…
Can There Be a Kantian Consequentialism
In On What Matters Derek Parfit argues that we need to make a significant reassessment of the relationship between some central positions in moral philosophy, because, contrary to received opinion, Kantians, contractualists and consequentialists are all ‘climbing the same mountain on different sides’. In Parfit's view Kant's own attempt to outline an account of moral obligation fails, but when it is modified in ways entirely congenial to his thin…
Moral Philosophy, Moral Identity and Moral Cacophony
This paper focuses on Alasdair MacIntyre’s critique of the modern self, arguing that we are not as bereft of the resources to engage in rational thought about value as he makes out. I claim that MacIntyre’s argument presumes that philosophy has a much greater power to shape individuals and cultures than it in fact has. In particular, he greatly exaggerates the extent to which the character of the modern self has been an effect of the philosophica…
Naturalism and Normativity
Synthetic naturalism is a form of moral realism which holds that we can discover a posteriori that moral properties exist and are natural properties. On this view moral discourse earns the right to be construed realistically because it meets the conditions that license realism about any discourse, that properties it represents as existing pull their weight in empirical explanations of our observations of the world. I argue that naturalism is an i…
The Missing Formal Proof of Humanity's Radical Evil in Kant's Religion
Research Article| January 01 2005 The Missing Formal Proof of Humanity's Radical Evil in Kant's Religion Seiriol Morgan Seiriol Morgan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2005) 114 (1): 63–114. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-114-1-63 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Seiriol Morgan; The Missing Formal Proof of Humanity's Radical Evil…
Can There Be a Kantian Consequentialism
In On What Matters Derek Parfit argues that we need to make a significant reassessment of the relationship between some central positions in moral philosophy, because, contrary to received opinion, Kantians, contractualists and consequentialists are all ‘climbing the same mountain on different sides’. In Parfit's view Kant's own attempt to outline an account of moral obligation fails, but when it is modified in ways entirely congenial to his thin…
The Missing Formal Proof of Humanity's Radical Evil in Kant's Religion
Research Article| January 01 2005 The Missing Formal Proof of Humanity's Radical Evil in Kant's Religion Seiriol Morgan Seiriol Morgan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2005) 114 (1): 63–114. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-114-1-63 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Seiriol Morgan; The Missing Formal Proof of Humanity's Radical Evil…
Naturalism and Normativity
Synthetic naturalism is a form of moral realism which holds that we can discover a posteriori that moral properties exist and are natural properties. On this view moral discourse earns the right to be construed realistically because it meets the conditions that license realism about any discourse, that properties it represents as existing pull their weight in empirical explanations of our observations of the world. I argue that naturalism is an i…
The Missing Formal Proof of Humanity's Radical Evil in Kant's Religion
Research Article| January 01 2005 The Missing Formal Proof of Humanity's Radical Evil in Kant's Religion Seiriol Morgan Seiriol Morgan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2005) 114 (1): 63–114. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-114-1-63 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Seiriol Morgan; The Missing Formal Proof of Humanity's Radical Evil…
Naturalism and Normativity
Synthetic naturalism is a form of moral realism which holds that we can discover a posteriori that moral properties exist and are natural properties. On this view moral discourse earns the right to be construed realistically because it meets the conditions that license realism about any discourse, that properties it represents as existing pull their weight in empirical explanations of our observations of the world. I argue that naturalism is an i…
Moral Philosophy, Moral Identity and Moral Cacophony
This paper focuses on Alasdair MacIntyre’s critique of the modern self, arguing that we are not as bereft of the resources to engage in rational thought about value as he makes out. I claim that MacIntyre’s argument presumes that philosophy has a much greater power to shape individuals and cultures than it in fact has. In particular, he greatly exaggerates the extent to which the character of the modern self has been an effect of the philosophica…
Can There Be a Kantian Consequentialism
In On What Matters Derek Parfit argues that we need to make a significant reassessment of the relationship between some central positions in moral philosophy, because, contrary to received opinion, Kantians, contractualists and consequentialists are all ‘climbing the same mountain on different sides’. In Parfit's view Kant's own attempt to outline an account of moral obligation fails, but when it is modified in ways entirely congenial to his thin…
Entitlement, domination and violence
This paper outlines a philosophical model of a deviant sense of personal justification. The model originates in German Idealism, and presents an attitude which occurs when dominators find a way of feeling justified in their domination, because the very action of wilfully imposing it constitutes a form of personal worthiness making them superior to those who fail to resist them. Having judged themselves superior, they then take themselves to deser…
The Problem of Imputability in the Kantian Aftermath
This paper analyses a dispute that flared up in the 1790s about whether Kant’s moral theory leaves room for the possibility of imputable wrongdoing. Contra Paul Guyer’s reading, I argue this was not merely a matter of mutual misunderstanding but reflected its participants’ varying perceptions of an arguably genuine dilemma for Kantian ethics: that what he needs to say to explain how imputable action contrary to duty is possible within his framewo…
Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · War, Ethics, and Justification (4 works) · Free Will and Agency (2 works) · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Moral philosophy (2 works) · Moral psychology (2 works)