Engaged Philosophy: Essays in Honour of David Braybrooke

Published by University of Toronto Press 2006

Engaged Philosophy

Essays in Honour of David Braybrooke

Edited by: Peter Schotch and Susan Sherwin

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442684294

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About this book

Engaged Philosophy is an invaluable collection for anyone who has engaged with Braybrooke’s writings or is interested in the future directions North American philosophy might take.

Author / Editor information

Schotch Peter :

Peter Schotch is a professor in the Department of Philosphy at Dalhousie University.Sherwin Susan :

Susan Sherwin is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
1. Introduction: About David Braybrooke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: Practical Engagement
2. Teaching Class: Justice and Privatization in Education Nathan Brett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. Determining Health Care Needs after the Human Genome Project: Reflections on Genetic Tests for Breast Cancer Susan Sherwin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
4. The Mutual Limitation of Needs as Bases of Moral Entitlements: A Solution to Braybrooke’s Problem Duncan Macintosh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
5. Canadians and Global Beneficence: Human Security Revisited Edna Keeble Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6. Braybrooke on Public Policy: Precautionary and Fair; Feasible and Ameliorative Sharon Sutherland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7. Life of Pi and the Existence of Tigers Steven Burns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Part Two: Theoretical Engagement
8. David Braybrooke’s Philosophy of Social Science Meredith Ralston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
9. Empathy and Egoism Sue Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
10. The Problem of Moral Judgement Richmond Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
11. Moral Claims and Epistemic Contexts Michael Hymers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
12. Braybrooke and the Formal Structure of Moral Justification Tom Vinci Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
13. David Braybrooke on the Track of PPE Peter Schotch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
14. Bootstrapping Norms: From Cause to Intention Bryson Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
Appendix A: Another–Literary–Side of David Braybrooke:The Comic Dialectician Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
Appendix B: David Braybrooke’s Publications 1955-2005 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320

eBook

Published: December 31, 2006
ISBN: 9781442684294