Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • The nexus of control: intentional activity and moral accountability 

      Conradie, Niël (University of St Andrews, 2018-06-28) - Thesis
      There is a conceptual knot at the intersection of moral responsibility and action theory. This knot can be expressed as the following question: What is the relationship between an agent’s openness to moral responsibility ...

    • The role of well-being in ethics 

      Rodogno, Raffaele (University of St Andrews, 2003) - Thesis
      In this thesis I assess the role of well-being in ethics. In order to do so I reply to a threefold charge against the importance of well-being in ethics. In What We Owe to Each Other Scanlon argues (1) that the concept of ...

    • Rejecting moral obligation 

      Robertson, Simon (University of St Andrews, 2005) - Thesis
      The thesis argues that, were there any moral obligations, they would be categorical; but there are no categorical requirements on action; therefore, there are no moral obligations. The underlying claim is that, because of ...

    • Contemporary ethical naturalism : a comparative metaethical evaluation of expressivism and Cornell realism 

      Sonderholm, Jorn (University of St Andrews, 2005) - Thesis
      This thesis contains a critical discussion of two metaethical theories: expressivism, as developed in the works of Simon Blackburn, and Cornell realism, as presented by Richard Boyd and David Brink. In the introduction, a ...

    • Why should I be moral? : toward a defence of the categoricity and normative authority of moral considerations 

      Hurtig, Kent (University of St Andrews, 2004) - Thesis
      Can we ever be fully practically justified in acting contrary to moral demands? My contention is that the answer is 'no'. I argue that by adopting a 'buck-passing' account of wrongness we can provide a philosophically ...