Т М Scanlon
Biographic Data
| ID | 4166017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Т М Scanlon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Т М |
| FAMILY NAME | Scanlon |
| SIGNATURE | SCANLON Т М |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Interpreting Blame
Blame is a response to a person’s perceived faultiness. But it is not clear exactly what kind of response it is. If blame were merely a negative moral evaluation, then it would be difficult to explain why it should have seemed to many people that blame is appropriate only for faults that are under a person’s control. This might be easier to explain if blame is a form of punishment. But it is not clear that blame is a punishment or what penalty it…
Forms of Hypothetical Justification
A critical discussion of the appeal, in various contexts, of ideas of hypothetical agreement, with particular reference to Amartya Sen's criticism of John Rawls' Original Position argument, and to Sen's ideas of “membership entitlement” and “enlightenment relevance.”
Why Does Inequality Matter?
Demands for equality can seem puzzling, because it can be unclear what reason people have for objecting to the difference between what they have and what others have, as opposed simply to wanting to be better off. This book examines six objections to inequality: unequal concern, unequal status, lack of equality of opportunity, excessive control by the rich over those who have less, interference with political equality, and unfairness in the distr…
L’épreuve de la tolérance
« L’Épreuve de la tolérance » porte non seulement sur la liberté d’expression, mais aussi sur d’autres formes d’activités qui affectent la nature de la société en influençant les croyances et les actions d’autrui. L’article développe en particulier l’idée d’une « politique informelle », et son objet principal est le coût engendré par certains droits généralement reconnus, mais dont le caractère indéfini pose problème. Accepter la possibilité que …
Addendum à « L'épreuve de la tolérance »
Justification and legitimation: Comments on Sebastiano Maffettone’s Rawls: An Introduction
Précis of Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame
A dificuldade da tolerância
Este artigo mostra o quanto a tolerância é uma atitude complexa que implica encontrar a justa medida entre uma aceitação absoluta e uma oposição imoderada, apontando para as diferentes tensões internas à atitude de tolerância e para os custos e os riscos envolvidos na prática da tolerância, mesmo numa democracia constitucional em que já estão assegurados certos direitos fundamentais
Reasons and Decisions
The central notion of Gibbard's splendid book, Thinking How to Live, is the idea of something's being “the thing to do.” In ordinary English, the phrase, “X is the thing to do” can express either a judgment
Contractualism and utilitarianism
Utilitarianism occupies a central place in the moral philosophy of our time. It is not the view which most people hold; certainly there are very few who would claim to be act utilitarians. But for a much wider range of people it is the view towards which they find themselves pressed when they try to give a theoretical account of their moral beliefs. Within moral philosophy it represents a position one must struggle against if one wishes to avoid …
The Difficulty of Tolerance: Essays in Political Philosophy
These essays in political philosophy by T. M. Scanlon, written between 1969 and 1999, examine the standards by which social and political institutions should be justified and appraised. Scanlon explains how the powers of just institutions are limited by rights such as freedom of expression, and considers why these limits should be respected even when it seems that better results could be achieved by violating them. Other topics which are explored…
Thickness and Theory
Reply to Gauthier and Gibbard
Précis of What We Owe to Each Other
Suicide assisté: Le Mémoire Des Philosophes
Les États peuvent protéger les individus qui prendraient la décision d’abréger leur vie de manière irrationnelle ou passagère, sans disposer de tous les éléments ou sous la contrainte, et, à cette fin, les États peuvent donc encadrer et limiter l’aide que les médecins sont autorisés à apporter à des individus exprimant le désir de mourir. Ils ne sont cependant pas en droit de refuser aux individus la possibilité de démontrer, au moyen d’une procé…
Rawls on Justification
Rawls offers what might be seen as three ideas of justification: the method of reflective equilibrium, the derivation of principles in the original position, and the idea of public reason. These can appear to be in some tension with one another. Reflective equilibrium seems to be an intuitive and “inductive” method. On one natural interpretation, it holds that principles are justified by their ability to explain those judgments in which we feel t…
A Contractualist Reply 1
Why Theorize How to Live with Each Other
Moral Theory: Understanding and Disagreement
Well-Being: Its Meaning, Measurement and Moral Importance
Part 1 Utilitarian accounts: state of mind or state of the world - the desire account developed objective accounts perfectionism and the ends of life. Part 2 Measurement: are there incommensurable values? the case of one person the case of many persons. Part 3 Moral importance: from prudence to morality equal respect fairness rights desert distribution
Equality of Resources and Equality of Welfare: A Forced Marriage?
Contractualism and utilitarianism
Utilitarianism occupies a central place in the moral philosophy of our time. It is not the view which most people hold; certainly there are very few who would claim to be act utilitarians. But for a much wider range of people it is the view towards which they find themselves pressed when they try to give a theoretical account of their moral beliefs. Within moral philosophy it represents a position one must struggle against if one wishes to avoid …
Rights, goals, and fairness
Preference and Urgency
Arguments in moral philosophy frequently turn on appeals to some standard on the basis of which the benefits and sacrifices of different people can be compared. In applying principles of distributive justice, for example, we must appeal to some standard of this kind as a ground for measuring the equality or inequality of shares, and similar appeals must be made in defending systems of rights, and institutionally defined prerogatives and protectio…
Reply to Gauthier and Gibbard
Moral Theory: Understanding and Disagreement
Reasons and Decisions
The central notion of Gibbard's splendid book, Thinking How to Live, is the idea of something's being “the thing to do.” In ordinary English, the phrase, “X is the thing to do” can express either a judgment
Why Theorize How to Live with Each Other
Well-Being: Its Meaning, Measurement and Moral Importance
Part 1 Utilitarian accounts: state of mind or state of the world - the desire account developed objective accounts perfectionism and the ends of life. Part 2 Measurement: are there incommensurable values? the case of one person the case of many persons. Part 3 Moral importance: from prudence to morality equal respect fairness rights desert distribution
Précis of What We Owe to Each Other
Preference and Urgency
Arguments in moral philosophy frequently turn on appeals to some standard on the basis of which the benefits and sacrifices of different people can be compared. In applying principles of distributive justice, for example, we must appeal to some standard of this kind as a ground for measuring the equality or inequality of shares, and similar appeals must be made in defending systems of rights, and institutionally defined prerogatives and protectio…
Rights, goals, and fairness
Contractualism and utilitarianism
Utilitarianism occupies a central place in the moral philosophy of our time. It is not the view which most people hold; certainly there are very few who would claim to be act utilitarians. But for a much wider range of people it is the view towards which they find themselves pressed when they try to give a theoretical account of their moral beliefs. Within moral philosophy it represents a position one must struggle against if one wishes to avoid …
Equality of Resources and Equality of Welfare: A Forced Marriage?
Well-Being: Its Meaning, Measurement and Moral Importance
Part 1 Utilitarian accounts: state of mind or state of the world - the desire account developed objective accounts perfectionism and the ends of life. Part 2 Measurement: are there incommensurable values? the case of one person the case of many persons. Part 3 Moral importance: from prudence to morality equal respect fairness rights desert distribution
Why Theorize How to Live with Each Other
Moral Theory: Understanding and Disagreement
A Contractualist Reply 1
Rawls on Justification
Rawls offers what might be seen as three ideas of justification: the method of reflective equilibrium, the derivation of principles in the original position, and the idea of public reason. These can appear to be in some tension with one another. Reflective equilibrium seems to be an intuitive and “inductive” method. On one natural interpretation, it holds that principles are justified by their ability to explain those judgments in which we feel t…
Contractualism and utilitarianism
Utilitarianism occupies a central place in the moral philosophy of our time. It is not the view which most people hold; certainly there are very few who would claim to be act utilitarians. But for a much wider range of people it is the view towards which they find themselves pressed when they try to give a theoretical account of their moral beliefs. Within moral philosophy it represents a position one must struggle against if one wishes to avoid …
The Difficulty of Tolerance: Essays in Political Philosophy
These essays in political philosophy by T. M. Scanlon, written between 1969 and 1999, examine the standards by which social and political institutions should be justified and appraised. Scanlon explains how the powers of just institutions are limited by rights such as freedom of expression, and considers why these limits should be respected even when it seems that better results could be achieved by violating them. Other topics which are explored…
Thickness and Theory
Reply to Gauthier and Gibbard
Précis of What We Owe to Each Other
Suicide assisté: Le Mémoire Des Philosophes
Les États peuvent protéger les individus qui prendraient la décision d’abréger leur vie de manière irrationnelle ou passagère, sans disposer de tous les éléments ou sous la contrainte, et, à cette fin, les États peuvent donc encadrer et limiter l’aide que les médecins sont autorisés à apporter à des individus exprimant le désir de mourir. Ils ne sont cependant pas en droit de refuser aux individus la possibilité de démontrer, au moyen d’une procé…
Reasons and Decisions
The central notion of Gibbard's splendid book, Thinking How to Live, is the idea of something's being “the thing to do.” In ordinary English, the phrase, “X is the thing to do” can express either a judgment
A dificuldade da tolerância
Este artigo mostra o quanto a tolerância é uma atitude complexa que implica encontrar a justa medida entre uma aceitação absoluta e uma oposição imoderada, apontando para as diferentes tensões internas à atitude de tolerância e para os custos e os riscos envolvidos na prática da tolerância, mesmo numa democracia constitucional em que já estão assegurados certos direitos fundamentais
Précis of Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame
Justification and legitimation: Comments on Sebastiano Maffettone’s Rawls: An Introduction
L’épreuve de la tolérance
« L’Épreuve de la tolérance » porte non seulement sur la liberté d’expression, mais aussi sur d’autres formes d’activités qui affectent la nature de la société en influençant les croyances et les actions d’autrui. L’article développe en particulier l’idée d’une « politique informelle », et son objet principal est le coût engendré par certains droits généralement reconnus, mais dont le caractère indéfini pose problème. Accepter la possibilité que …
Addendum à « L'épreuve de la tolérance »
Why Does Inequality Matter?
Demands for equality can seem puzzling, because it can be unclear what reason people have for objecting to the difference between what they have and what others have, as opposed simply to wanting to be better off. This book examines six objections to inequality: unequal concern, unequal status, lack of equality of opportunity, excessive control by the rich over those who have less, interference with political equality, and unfairness in the distr…
Forms of Hypothetical Justification
A critical discussion of the appeal, in various contexts, of ideas of hypothetical agreement, with particular reference to Amartya Sen's criticism of John Rawls' Original Position argument, and to Sen's ideas of “membership entitlement” and “enlightenment relevance.”
Interpreting Blame
Blame is a response to a person’s perceived faultiness. But it is not clear exactly what kind of response it is. If blame were merely a negative moral evaluation, then it would be difficult to explain why it should have seemed to many people that blame is appropriate only for faults that are under a person’s control. This might be easier to explain if blame is a form of punishment. But it is not clear that blame is a punishment or what penalty it…
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