Morality of Self Defense
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NOTE: this paper is a penultimate draft accepted for publication. The finalized version of it has been published in the Proceedings of the ACPA. Aquinas held that lying is always a sin, an evil action (ST II-II, Q110, A3). In later... more
Some, but not all, of the mistakes a person makes when acting in apparently necessary self-defense are reasonable: we take them not to violate the rights of the apparent aggressor. I argue that this is explained by duties grounded in... more
This authored book offers an institutionalist-based philosophical analysis of the use of lethal force by police officers and military combatants according to which the moral rights and duties of these institutional role holders differs... more
The primary method for defending biocentric individualism—a prominent theory of the moral value of organisms—is to appeal to the fact that certain things are good for or bad for living creatures, even if they are not sentient. This... more