Eric R Boot
Biographic Data
| ID | 4498912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric R Boot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric R |
| FAMILY NAME | Boot |
| SIGNATURE | BOOT E R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5030-8455 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rights of Nature
No one disputes the fact that the current environmental crisis requires a response. The subject of this paper is a relatively novel response that is gaining increasing traction: the rights of nature (RoN) approach. Proponents of RoN claim that if we recognize that natural objects and ecosystems are not things with which we may do as we like, but in fact are subjects of rights that place limits on the scope of permissible actions, then we might ha…
Climate Change and Complicit Lawyers
This paper sets out to answer two questions: (1) Are lawyers complicit in their fossilfuel clients’ contributions to climate change and, if so, how blameworthy are they for this complicity?; (2) If lawyers are blameworthily complicit, how is the degree of blameworthiness impacted by their professional role? In order to answer the first question, this paper will mainly use Lepora and Goodin’s theory of moral complicity, but propose an alternative …
Ethics of Whistleblowing
Classified Public Whistleblowing
Though whistleblowing is quickly becoming an accepted means of addressing wrongdoing, whistleblower protection laws and the relevant case law are either awkwardly silent, unclear or mutually inconsistent concerning public disclosures of classified government information. I remedy this problem by first arguing that such disclosures constitute a pro tanto wrong as they violate (1) promissory obligations, (2) role obligations and (3) the obligation …
Kant and the In(ter)dependence of Right and Virtue
This paper aims to clarify how Kant understood the relation between the two spheres of morals (Right and virtue). Did he, as O’Neill claims, acknowledge the need for civic virtue as necessary for maintaining a liberal state? Or did he take the opposite view (shared by many contemporary liberals) that citizens’ virtuous dispositions are irrelevant and that all that matters is the justice of institutions? Though The Metaphysics of Morals gives the …
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Classified Public Whistleblowing
Though whistleblowing is quickly becoming an accepted means of addressing wrongdoing, whistleblower protection laws and the relevant case law are either awkwardly silent, unclear or mutually inconsistent concerning public disclosures of classified government information. I remedy this problem by first arguing that such disclosures constitute a pro tanto wrong as they violate (1) promissory obligations, (2) role obligations and (3) the obligation …
Kant and the In(ter)dependence of Right and Virtue
This paper aims to clarify how Kant understood the relation between the two spheres of morals (Right and virtue). Did he, as O’Neill claims, acknowledge the need for civic virtue as necessary for maintaining a liberal state? Or did he take the opposite view (shared by many contemporary liberals) that citizens’ virtuous dispositions are irrelevant and that all that matters is the justice of institutions? Though The Metaphysics of Morals gives the …
Ethics of Whistleblowing
Rights of Nature
No one disputes the fact that the current environmental crisis requires a response. The subject of this paper is a relatively novel response that is gaining increasing traction: the rights of nature (RoN) approach. Proponents of RoN claim that if we recognize that natural objects and ecosystems are not things with which we may do as we like, but in fact are subjects of rights that place limits on the scope of permissible actions, then we might ha…
Climate Change and Complicit Lawyers
This paper sets out to answer two questions: (1) Are lawyers complicit in their fossilfuel clients’ contributions to climate change and, if so, how blameworthy are they for this complicity?; (2) If lawyers are blameworthily complicit, how is the degree of blameworthiness impacted by their professional role? In order to answer the first question, this paper will mainly use Lepora and Goodin’s theory of moral complicity, but propose an alternative …
Environmental law and policy (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Virtue (2 works) · Alerte professionnelle (1 works) · Applied philosophy (1 works) · Civic virtue (1 works)