Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Philosophy by Creation Date
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Euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the philosophical anthropology of Karol Wojtyla
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Human Well-Being: The No Priority Theory
(Georgetown University, 2009)Desire-fulfillment (DF) theories and objective list (OL) theories are the two dominant types of theories of human well-being. I argue that DF theories fail to capture the good part of `good for', and that OL theories fail ... -
The normativity of personal commitment
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The epistemological foundation of transcendental phenomenology : Husserl and the problem of knowledge
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Fodor and Aquinas : the architecture of the mind and the nature of concept acquisition
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Justifying self-defense, defense of others, and the use of force in law enforcement
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Exploitation in personal relationships : from consenting to caring
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The metaphysical role of causal roles
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The well-governed person
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Responsibility for group transgressions
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A two-dimensional account of epistemic modals
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Islamic Democracy: The Struggle for and Limits of Recognition
(Georgetown University, 2012)The post-uprising Arab world is facing a problematic socio-political situation. For some, infusing the political realm with Islamic principles and reasoning - the practice of Islamic politics - is key for their emancipation. ... -
The Ethics of Public Health Nudges
(Georgetown University, 2012)There is growing interest in using non-coercive interventions to promote and protect public health, in particular "health nudges." Behavioral economist Richard Thaler and law scholar Cass Sunstein coined the term nudge to ... -
Agony and Integrity: An Erotic Psychology for Prefigurative Ethical Practice
(Georgetown University, 2012)The goal of this dissertation is to clarify and address a problem of integrity understood as the question of how one ought to live out one's robustly motivating and normatively orienting attachments to persons, projects ... -
Political Obligations Without Authority
(Georgetown University, 2012)What grounds political authority? When pursuing this question, philosophers often proceed as though the very idea of one party obligating another by issuing a speech act--here, enacting a law--is puzzling. Yet children ... -
Resolving the Ethical Challenges of Irregular War
(Georgetown University, 2012)After more than ten years of war, the United States military is still trying to come to grips with the practical and ethical demands of combating irregular adversaries. This discussion will examine and attempt to resolve ... -
Ties that Bind: Respect and Relationship-Based Responsibilities
(Georgetown University, 2012)We commonly think we have special obligations to our friends and family members. For instance, if someone's brother were to move to town, we would likely think that she ought to at least offer her help, though we would ... -
Mind, Body, and World: Resolving the Dreyfus-McDowell Debate
(Georgetown University, 2013)In recent years Hubert Dreyfus and John McDowell have engaged one another in several fora, debating the pervasiveness of our conceptual experience. Dreyfus offers arguments unique to the debate over nonconceptual content, ... -
Underdetermination and the Will
(Georgetown University, 2013)Good choices are guided by the balance of reasons for and against the options at hand; bad ones made in defiance of it. This suggests a comparative standard of practical reasoning: do what you have most reason to do, on ... -
Owing it to Us
(Georgetown University, 2013)Ethical theorists have traditionally analyzed duties, both individual and collective, into two categories: duties to others and duties to oneself. Reflection upon the moral domain, however, suggests cases in which an ...
