Donald VanDeVeer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5683900 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald VanDeVeer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald |
| FAMILY NAME | VanDeVeer |
| SIGNATURE | VANDEVEER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Deciding for Others
Aids, Social Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
Paternalistic Intervention
Donald VanDeVeer probes the moral complexities of the question: under what conditions is it permissible to intervene invasively in the lives of competent persons--for example, by deception, force, or coercive threat--for their own good? In a work with broad significance for law, public policy, professional-client relations, and private interactions, he presents a theory of an autonomy-respecting" paternalism. Originally published in 1986. The Pri…
Rights, Justice, and the Bounds of Liberty
Autonomy Respecting Paternalism
Marx's Social Ontology
Oppenheim's Defense of Noncognitivism
In his recent book, Moral Principles in Political Philosophy , Felix Oppenheim provides a useful examination of the assumptions of well known figures in the history of political philosophy concerning the logical status of moral principles. Classifying them as cognitivists (if they view fundamental moral principles as either true or false) or noncognitivists (if they view moral principles as neither true nor false), Oppenheim attempts to exhibit t…
Rejoinder to Oppenheim's “Comment”
I do not think that Professor Oppenheim and I are any nearer agreement, but perhaps the various forks in the road are clearer. I will try to be as fair, as clear, and to the point as Oppenheim has been. I will consider most, but not all, of his replies and will do so in the order he has followed. Oppenheim concedes that he is relying upon the principle that a sentence is cognitively significant if and only if (briefly) it is logically significant…
Oppenheim's Defense of Noncognitivism
In his recent book, Moral Principles in Political Philosophy , Felix Oppenheim provides a useful examination of the assumptions of well known figures in the history of political philosophy concerning the logical status of moral principles. Classifying them as cognitivists (if they view fundamental moral principles as either true or false) or noncognitivists (if they view moral principles as neither true nor false), Oppenheim attempts to exhibit t…
Rejoinder to Oppenheim's “Comment”
I do not think that Professor Oppenheim and I are any nearer agreement, but perhaps the various forks in the road are clearer. I will try to be as fair, as clear, and to the point as Oppenheim has been. I will consider most, but not all, of his replies and will do so in the order he has followed. Oppenheim concedes that he is relying upon the principle that a sentence is cognitively significant if and only if (briefly) it is logically significant…
Marx's Social Ontology
Autonomy Respecting Paternalism
Rights, Justice, and the Bounds of Liberty
Paternalistic Intervention
Donald VanDeVeer probes the moral complexities of the question: under what conditions is it permissible to intervene invasively in the lives of competent persons--for example, by deception, force, or coercive threat--for their own good? In a work with broad significance for law, public policy, professional-client relations, and private interactions, he presents a theory of an autonomy-respecting" paternalism. Originally published in 1986. The Pri…
Aids, Social Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
Deciding for Others
Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Autonomy (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)