Mark Piper
Biographic Data
| ID | 3981927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Piper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Piper |
| SIGNATURE | PIPER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Madison University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0053-3344 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Flourishing and awe
Achieving Autonomy
Autonomy, Oppression, and Gender
These new essays examine philosophical issues at the intersection of feminism and autonomy studies. Are autonomy and independence useful goals for women and subordinate persons? Is autonomy possible in contexts of social subordination and oppression? Is the pursuit of desires that issue from patriarchal norms consistent with autonomous agency? How should we understand the concepts of relational autonomy and adaptive preferences? How do emotions a…
Autonomous Agency and Normative Implication
The Prudential Value of Education for Autonomy
A popular justification of education for autonomy is that autonomy possession has intrinsic prudential value. Communitarians have argued, however, that although autonomy may be a core element of a well-lived life in liberal societies, it cannot claim such a prudential pedigree in traditional societies in which the conception of a good life is intimately tied to the acceptance of a pre-established worldview. In this paper I examine a recent attemp…
Doing Justice to Thrasymachus
Thrasymachus variegated pronouncements on the nature of justice in Book I of the Republic have generated considerable dispute concerning whether those claims are consistent, and about what sorts of theoretical commitments those claims involve, if they are in fact consistent. After clarifying Thrasymachus position and explaining how it generates charges of inconsistency, I argue that the charges dissolve if we approach the text with the proper con…
Words on Mime
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Words on Mime
Doing Justice to Thrasymachus
Thrasymachus variegated pronouncements on the nature of justice in Book I of the Republic have generated considerable dispute concerning whether those claims are consistent, and about what sorts of theoretical commitments those claims involve, if they are in fact consistent. After clarifying Thrasymachus position and explaining how it generates charges of inconsistency, I argue that the charges dissolve if we approach the text with the proper con…
The Prudential Value of Education for Autonomy
A popular justification of education for autonomy is that autonomy possession has intrinsic prudential value. Communitarians have argued, however, that although autonomy may be a core element of a well-lived life in liberal societies, it cannot claim such a prudential pedigree in traditional societies in which the conception of a good life is intimately tied to the acceptance of a pre-established worldview. In this paper I examine a recent attemp…
Autonomous Agency and Normative Implication
Autonomy, Oppression, and Gender
These new essays examine philosophical issues at the intersection of feminism and autonomy studies. Are autonomy and independence useful goals for women and subordinate persons? Is autonomy possible in contexts of social subordination and oppression? Is the pursuit of desires that issue from patriarchal norms consistent with autonomous agency? How should we understand the concepts of relational autonomy and adaptive preferences? How do emotions a…
Achieving Autonomy
Flourishing and awe
Sociology (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Autonomy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (3 works) · Argument (complex analysis (2 works) · Law (2 works)