Melissa Seymour Fahmy
Biographic Data
| ID | 5134550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Seymour Fahmy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa Seymour |
| FAMILY NAME | Fahmy |
| SIGNATURE | FAHMY M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On Kantian Obligatory Ends and Their Maxims of Actions
In the Doctrine of Virtue, Kant introduces the concept of an end that is also a duty and explains that these obligatory ends prescribe maxims of actions rather than actions themselves. A common view in the literature is that these maxims of actions are promotional in nature. In this paper, I work from the logic of ends to defend the view that each obligatory end prescribes multiple maxims of actions: the familiar positive, promotional maxim of ac…
Never Merely as a Means
For several decades, Kant scholars, inspired by the Groundwork false-promising example, have constructed consent-based criteria for using another merely as a means. Unfortunately, these consent-based accounts produce assessments that are both counter-intuitive and un-Kantian in relatively simple cases. This article investigates why these consent-based accounts fail and offers an alternative. The Groundwork false-promising example has encouraged a…
Shadow students in Georgia
Millions of immigrants reside in the United States without legal authorisation to do so. This paper examines the educational opportunities available to those brought to the country illegally as children. While the 1982 landmark Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe protects access to K–12 education, in the past 25 years, legislation passed at the federal and state levels has made undocumented persons ineligible for postsecondary education benef…
On Virtues of Love and Wide Ethical Duties
In this article I argue that understanding the role that the virtues of love play in Kant’s ethical theory requires understanding not only the nature of the virtues themselves, but also the unique nature of wide Kantian duties. I begin by making the case that while the Doctrine of Virtue supports attributing an affective component to the virtues of love, we are right to resist attributing an affective success condition to these virtues. I then di…
Kantian perspectives on paternalism
This chapter explicates the Kantian opposition to paternalism by means of three distinct points. The first and most fundamental point concerns the status of mature agents as ends in themselves. From the Kantian perspective, paternalistic interference is a failure of respect insofar as it entails treating a competent adult merely as means to her own welfare, interests, or even her own ends. The second point conjoins social and psychological facts …
Love’s Reasons
Kantian Practical Love
In the Doctrine of Virtue Kant stipulates that ‘ Love is a matter of feeling , not of willing . . . so a duty to love is an absurdity.’ Nonetheless, in the same work Kant claims that we have duties of love to other human beings. According to Kant, the kind of love which is commanded by duty is practical love . This paper defends the view that the duty of practical love articulated in the Doctrine of Virtue is distinct from the duty of beneficence…
Active Sympathetic Participation
In the Doctrine of Virtue Kant divides duties of love into three categories: beneficent activity ( Wohltätigkeit ), gratitude ( Dankbarkeit ) and Teilnehmung – commonly referred to as the duty of sympathy ( MS 6: 452). In this paper I will argue that the content and scope of the third duty of love has been underestimated by both critics and defenders of Kant's ethical theory. The account which pervades the secondary literature maintains that the …
Kantian Practical Love
In the Doctrine of Virtue Kant stipulates that ‘ Love is a matter of feeling , not of willing . . . so a duty to love is an absurdity.’ Nonetheless, in the same work Kant claims that we have duties of love to other human beings. According to Kant, the kind of love which is commanded by duty is practical love . This paper defends the view that the duty of practical love articulated in the Doctrine of Virtue is distinct from the duty of beneficence…
Active Sympathetic Participation
In the Doctrine of Virtue Kant divides duties of love into three categories: beneficent activity ( Wohltätigkeit ), gratitude ( Dankbarkeit ) and Teilnehmung – commonly referred to as the duty of sympathy ( MS 6: 452). In this paper I will argue that the content and scope of the third duty of love has been underestimated by both critics and defenders of Kant's ethical theory. The account which pervades the secondary literature maintains that the …
Kantian Practical Love
In the Doctrine of Virtue Kant stipulates that ‘ Love is a matter of feeling , not of willing . . . so a duty to love is an absurdity.’ Nonetheless, in the same work Kant claims that we have duties of love to other human beings. According to Kant, the kind of love which is commanded by duty is practical love . This paper defends the view that the duty of practical love articulated in the Doctrine of Virtue is distinct from the duty of beneficence…
Love’s Reasons
Kantian perspectives on paternalism
This chapter explicates the Kantian opposition to paternalism by means of three distinct points. The first and most fundamental point concerns the status of mature agents as ends in themselves. From the Kantian perspective, paternalistic interference is a failure of respect insofar as it entails treating a competent adult merely as means to her own welfare, interests, or even her own ends. The second point conjoins social and psychological facts …
On Virtues of Love and Wide Ethical Duties
In this article I argue that understanding the role that the virtues of love play in Kant’s ethical theory requires understanding not only the nature of the virtues themselves, but also the unique nature of wide Kantian duties. I begin by making the case that while the Doctrine of Virtue supports attributing an affective component to the virtues of love, we are right to resist attributing an affective success condition to these virtues. I then di…
Shadow students in Georgia
Millions of immigrants reside in the United States without legal authorisation to do so. This paper examines the educational opportunities available to those brought to the country illegally as children. While the 1982 landmark Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe protects access to K–12 education, in the past 25 years, legislation passed at the federal and state levels has made undocumented persons ineligible for postsecondary education benef…
On Kantian Obligatory Ends and Their Maxims of Actions
In the Doctrine of Virtue, Kant introduces the concept of an end that is also a duty and explains that these obligatory ends prescribe maxims of actions rather than actions themselves. A common view in the literature is that these maxims of actions are promotional in nature. In this paper, I work from the logic of ends to defend the view that each obligatory end prescribes multiple maxims of actions: the familiar positive, promotional maxim of ac…
Never Merely as a Means
For several decades, Kant scholars, inspired by the Groundwork false-promising example, have constructed consent-based criteria for using another merely as a means. Unfortunately, these consent-based accounts produce assessments that are both counter-intuitive and un-Kantian in relatively simple cases. This article investigates why these consent-based accounts fail and offers an alternative. The Groundwork false-promising example has encouraged a…
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Virtue (4 works) · Doctrine (3 works) · Duty (3 works)