Christopher Cowley
Biographic Data
| ID | 459989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Cowley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Cowley |
| SIGNATURE | COWLEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1193-826X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Philosophy of Criminal Law
The Philosophy of Criminal Law: An Introduction explores the central concepts of criminal law, such as intention, complicity and duress, and how they work, both within criminal law practice and in our everyday lives, from legal and philosophical perspectives. At the heart of the book is the central philosophical concept of responsibility: what does it mean to be responsible for an act, to hold someone responsible for an act, or to give an excuse …
What if a friend asks me to assist their suicide
There has been plenty of philosophical discussion about the morality and/or rationality of suicide and physician‐assisted suicide. There has also been plenty of discussion about non‐prosecution policies (such as the British DPP 2010 Guidance) as a legal response to cases of one friend assisting the suicide of another. There has been much less attention paid to the particular conversations that might follow the request for suicidal assistance, and…
Introduction to the Symposium on Existential Flourishing
"Introduction to the Symposium on Existential Flourishing." International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 28(2), pp. 205–312
Conscientious Objection in Social Work and Healthcare
Healthcare and social work would seem to have a lot in common. Both of them involve professional care, even if the methods and the targeted needs are different. However, they differ strikingly in the place accorded to conscientious objection (CO). The right of healthcare professionals to refuse to perform or authorise certain lawful services is well protected by the law of most Western jurisdictions. In addition, these conscience rights have been…
Anaerobic Digester Production and Cost Functions
Philosophy and Life Writing
The fertile conjunction of philosophy and life writing generates many possibilities for study: the relationship between conceptual abstractions and the subjectivities of the philosophers who create
Regret, Remorse and the Twilight Perspective
I examine the ‘momentous’ choices that one makes early in life – about career or spouse, for example – and I ask what it means to regret such choices at the end of one’s life (in one’s twilight). I argue that such regrets are almost meaningless because of the difficulty of imaginatively accessing a much earlier self. I then contrast long-term regret to remorse, and argue that the two are qualitatively different experiences because remorse involve…
Education, Despair and Morality
In a recent thought-provoking piece, Peter Roberts argues against the central role of happiness as a guiding concept in education, and argues for more attention to be paid to despair. This does not mean cultivating despair in young people, but allowing them to make sense of their own natural occasional despair, as well as the despair of others. I agree with Roberts about happiness, and about the need for more attention to despair, but I argue tha…
Conscientious objection and the limits of dialogue
In Kimberly Brownlee’s book, Conscience and Conviction, she argues that Thomas More’s paradigmatic ‘personal objection’ successfully meets the 4 conditions of her ‘Communicative Principle’ (2012: 29). In this article I want to challenge Brownlee’s ‘universality’ condition and the ‘dialogical’ condition by focusing on a counter-example of a British GP conscientiously objecting to authorizing an abortion. I argue that such an objection can be moral…
Conscientious Objection in Social Work and Healthcare
Healthcare and social work would seem to have a lot in common. Both of them involve professional care, even if the methods and the targeted needs are different. However, they differ strikingly in the place accorded to conscientious objection (CO). The right of healthcare professionals to refuse to perform or authorise certain lawful services is well protected by the law of most Western jurisdictions. In addition, these conscience rights have been…
Education, Despair and Morality
In a recent thought-provoking piece, Peter Roberts argues against the central role of happiness as a guiding concept in education, and argues for more attention to be paid to despair. This does not mean cultivating despair in young people, but allowing them to make sense of their own natural occasional despair, as well as the despair of others. I agree with Roberts about happiness, and about the need for more attention to despair, but I argue tha…
Education, Despair and Morality
In a recent thought-provoking piece, Peter Roberts argues against the central role of happiness as a guiding concept in education, and argues for more attention to be paid to despair. This does not mean cultivating despair in young people, but allowing them to make sense of their own natural occasional despair, as well as the despair of others. I agree with Roberts about happiness, and about the need for more attention to despair, but I argue tha…
Conscientious objection and the limits of dialogue
In Kimberly Brownlee’s book, Conscience and Conviction, she argues that Thomas More’s paradigmatic ‘personal objection’ successfully meets the 4 conditions of her ‘Communicative Principle’ (2012: 29). In this article I want to challenge Brownlee’s ‘universality’ condition and the ‘dialogical’ condition by focusing on a counter-example of a British GP conscientiously objecting to authorizing an abortion. I argue that such an objection can be moral…
Regret, Remorse and the Twilight Perspective
I examine the ‘momentous’ choices that one makes early in life – about career or spouse, for example – and I ask what it means to regret such choices at the end of one’s life (in one’s twilight). I argue that such regrets are almost meaningless because of the difficulty of imaginatively accessing a much earlier self. I then contrast long-term regret to remorse, and argue that the two are qualitatively different experiences because remorse involve…
Anaerobic Digester Production and Cost Functions
Philosophy and Life Writing
The fertile conjunction of philosophy and life writing generates many possibilities for study: the relationship between conceptual abstractions and the subjectivities of the philosophers who create
Introduction to the Symposium on Existential Flourishing
"Introduction to the Symposium on Existential Flourishing." International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 28(2), pp. 205–312
Conscientious Objection in Social Work and Healthcare
Healthcare and social work would seem to have a lot in common. Both of them involve professional care, even if the methods and the targeted needs are different. However, they differ strikingly in the place accorded to conscientious objection (CO). The right of healthcare professionals to refuse to perform or authorise certain lawful services is well protected by the law of most Western jurisdictions. In addition, these conscience rights have been…
What if a friend asks me to assist their suicide
There has been plenty of philosophical discussion about the morality and/or rationality of suicide and physician‐assisted suicide. There has also been plenty of discussion about non‐prosecution policies (such as the British DPP 2010 Guidance) as a legal response to cases of one friend assisting the suicide of another. There has been much less attention paid to the particular conversations that might follow the request for suicidal assistance, and…
The Philosophy of Criminal Law
The Philosophy of Criminal Law: An Introduction explores the central concepts of criminal law, such as intention, complicity and duress, and how they work, both within criminal law practice and in our everyday lives, from legal and philosophical perspectives. At the heart of the book is the central philosophical concept of responsibility: what does it mean to be responsible for an act, to hold someone responsible for an act, or to give an excuse …
Sociology (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Ethics in medical practice (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works)