Alexandra Couto
Biographic Data
| ID | 6686480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Couto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Couto |
| SIGNATURE | COUTO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Forgiveness and the Problem of Repeated Offences
According to the dominant account of forgiveness, to forgive is to overcome the reactive attitudes warranted by a wrongdoing. On one version of this ‘reactive attitudes’ account, forgiveness involves cognitive dissociation, while on another it involves affective dissociation. In this article, I will argue that reflection on cases of repeated offences – where a wrongdoer is forgiven but then keeps repeating an offence – raises two challenges to th…
Being Social
Human rights capture what people need to live minimally decent lives. Recognized dimensions of this minimum include physical security, due process, political participation, and freedom of movement, speech, and belief, as well as—more controversially for some—subsistence, shelter, health, education, culture, and community. This pioneering collection of original essays aims to remedy the neglect of social needs and rights in human rights theory and…
Luck egalitarianism and what valuing responsibility requires
Luck egalitarianism originated in an attempt to respond to the conservative objection that egalitarianism fails to respect the value of responsibility. In response, luck egalitarians have introduced a distinction between choice and circumstances and recommend redistribution only when inequalities are not the result of choice. I will argue, however, that this standard formulation of the luck egalitarian aim is problematic, and ought to be revised.…
Liberal Perfectionism
Much of the recent literature on political perfectionism has focused on dealing with objections to this view. This book adopts a different approach: It attempts to highlight the intuitive appeal of liberal perfectionism by presenting a positive prima facie argument in its favour. The book starts by clarifying the relation between political perfectionism — a conception of politics — and prudential perfectionism and ethical perfectionism — a concep…
Privacy and Justification
Luck egalitarianism and what valuing responsibility requires
Luck egalitarianism originated in an attempt to respond to the conservative objection that egalitarianism fails to respect the value of responsibility. In response, luck egalitarians have introduced a distinction between choice and circumstances and recommend redistribution only when inequalities are not the result of choice. I will argue, however, that this standard formulation of the luck egalitarian aim is problematic, and ought to be revised.…
Privacy and Justification
Privacy and Justification
Liberal Perfectionism
Much of the recent literature on political perfectionism has focused on dealing with objections to this view. This book adopts a different approach: It attempts to highlight the intuitive appeal of liberal perfectionism by presenting a positive prima facie argument in its favour. The book starts by clarifying the relation between political perfectionism — a conception of politics — and prudential perfectionism and ethical perfectionism — a concep…
Luck egalitarianism and what valuing responsibility requires
Luck egalitarianism originated in an attempt to respond to the conservative objection that egalitarianism fails to respect the value of responsibility. In response, luck egalitarians have introduced a distinction between choice and circumstances and recommend redistribution only when inequalities are not the result of choice. I will argue, however, that this standard formulation of the luck egalitarian aim is problematic, and ought to be revised.…
Forgiveness and the Problem of Repeated Offences
According to the dominant account of forgiveness, to forgive is to overcome the reactive attitudes warranted by a wrongdoing. On one version of this ‘reactive attitudes’ account, forgiveness involves cognitive dissociation, while on another it involves affective dissociation. In this article, I will argue that reflection on cases of repeated offences – where a wrongdoer is forgiven but then keeps repeating an offence – raises two challenges to th…
Being Social
Human rights capture what people need to live minimally decent lives. Recognized dimensions of this minimum include physical security, due process, political participation, and freedom of movement, speech, and belief, as well as—more controversially for some—subsistence, shelter, health, education, culture, and community. This pioneering collection of original essays aims to remedy the neglect of social needs and rights in human rights theory and…
Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works)