Zoë A Johnson King
Biographic Data
| ID | 993402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zoë A Johnson King |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zoë A Johnson |
| FAMILY NAME | King |
| SIGNATURE | KING Z A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5248-472X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trying is good
One might conceive of devotion as a stable state that a person can be in. Alternatively, one might conceive of devotion as a matter of the activities in which someone engages and the manner in which she engages in them. This paper explores the latter way of thinking about devotion. I suggest that someone’s degree of devotion to a person, goal, or cause depends in part on whether she engages in goal-directed activity for its sake, and, if so, on t…
A Puzzle About the Unity and Normativity of Structural Rationality
The slow clap phenomenon
Algorithmic fairness and resentment
“Grasping” Morality
Varieties of moral mistake
Some philosophers think that if someone acts wrongly while falsely believing that her act is permissible, this moral mistake cannot excuse her wrongdoing. And some think that this is because it is morally blameworthy to fail to appreciate the moral significance of non‐moral facts of which one is aware, such that mistakenly believing that one's act is permissible when it is in fact wrong is itself morally blameworthy. Here I challenge the view tha…
On Snobbery
This is a paper about the nature of snobbery and the undermining import of a charge of snobbery. On my account, snobs sincerely attempt to identify and correctly evaluate the aesthetically relevant features of an object, but they get things wrong, and their getting things wrong is explained by the fact that they under-value that which they associate with being lower-class. We can see the need for this account by reflecting on examples, and can di…
Sensitivity, safety, and admissibility
The trouble with standards of proof
Accidentally Doing the Right Thing
Accidentally Doing the Right Thing IntroductionThis paper is about moral worth.Moral worth is a positive status that some, but not all morally right actions possess.There is a live dispute as to what makes the difference.We can begin to get a handle on this dispute by considering two fictional characters.One is from a classic American novel by Mark Twain (1884).The other is from the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens.FINN FROM STAR WARS: Stormtro…
Accidentally Doing the Right Thing
Accidentally Doing the Right Thing IntroductionThis paper is about moral worth.Moral worth is a positive status that some, but not all morally right actions possess.There is a live dispute as to what makes the difference.We can begin to get a handle on this dispute by considering two fictional characters.One is from a classic American novel by Mark Twain (1884).The other is from the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens.FINN FROM STAR WARS: Stormtro…
On Snobbery
This is a paper about the nature of snobbery and the undermining import of a charge of snobbery. On my account, snobs sincerely attempt to identify and correctly evaluate the aesthetically relevant features of an object, but they get things wrong, and their getting things wrong is explained by the fact that they under-value that which they associate with being lower-class. We can see the need for this account by reflecting on examples, and can di…
Sensitivity, safety, and admissibility
Accidentally Doing the Right Thing
Accidentally Doing the Right Thing IntroductionThis paper is about moral worth.Moral worth is a positive status that some, but not all morally right actions possess.There is a live dispute as to what makes the difference.We can begin to get a handle on this dispute by considering two fictional characters.One is from a classic American novel by Mark Twain (1884).The other is from the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens.FINN FROM STAR WARS: Stormtro…
The trouble with standards of proof
Sensitivity, safety, and admissibility
Varieties of moral mistake
Some philosophers think that if someone acts wrongly while falsely believing that her act is permissible, this moral mistake cannot excuse her wrongdoing. And some think that this is because it is morally blameworthy to fail to appreciate the moral significance of non‐moral facts of which one is aware, such that mistakenly believing that one's act is permissible when it is in fact wrong is itself morally blameworthy. Here I challenge the view tha…
On Snobbery
This is a paper about the nature of snobbery and the undermining import of a charge of snobbery. On my account, snobs sincerely attempt to identify and correctly evaluate the aesthetically relevant features of an object, but they get things wrong, and their getting things wrong is explained by the fact that they under-value that which they associate with being lower-class. We can see the need for this account by reflecting on examples, and can di…
“Grasping” Morality
A Puzzle About the Unity and Normativity of Structural Rationality
The slow clap phenomenon
Algorithmic fairness and resentment
Trying is good
One might conceive of devotion as a stable state that a person can be in. Alternatively, one might conceive of devotion as a matter of the activities in which someone engages and the manner in which she engages in them. This paper explores the latter way of thinking about devotion. I suggest that someone’s degree of devotion to a person, goal, or cause depends in part on whether she engages in goal-directed activity for its sake, and, if so, on t…
Philosophy (10 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (5 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 works) · Free Will and Agency (4 works) · Metaphysics (4 works) · Philosophy of language (4 works) · Law (3 works)