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What is the difference between judging someone to be good and judging them to be kind? Both judgements are typically positive, but the latter seems to offer mor
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It seems obvious that phenomenally conscious experience is something of great value, and that this value maps onto a range of important ethical issues. For exam
Choosing Normative Concepts
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The concepts we use to value and prescribe (concepts like good, right, ought) are historically contingent, and we could have found ourselves with others. But wh
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This book explores, in rich and rigorous ways, the possibilities and limitations of “thick” (concepts of) autonomy in light of contemporary debates in philo