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    An Essay on the Modern State.Christopher W. Morris - 1998 - Cambridge University Press.
    This important book is the first serious philosophical examination of the modern state. It inquires into the justification of this particular form of political society. It asks whether all states are 'nation-states', what are the alternative ways of organizing society, and which conditions make a state legitimate. The author concludes that, while states can be legitimate, they typically fail to have the powers that they claim. Many books analyze government and its functions but none focuses on the state as a (...)
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  2. Punishment and Loss of Moral Standing.Christopher W. Morris - 1991 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 21 (1):53 - 79.
    When any man, even in political society, renders himself by his crimes obnoxious to the public, he is punished by the laws in his goods and person; that is, the ordinary rules of justice are, with regard to him, suspended for a moment, and it becomes equitable to inflict on him, for the benefit of society, what otherwise he could not suffer without wrong or injury?
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    Amartya Sen.Christopher W. Morris (ed.) - 2009 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1998 'for his contributions in welfare economics'. Although his primary academic appointments have been mostly in economics, Sen is also an important and influential social theorist and philosopher. His work on social choice theory is seminal, and his writings on poverty, famine, and development, as well his contributions to moral and political philosophy, are important and influential. Sen's views about the nature and primacy of liberty also make him a (...)
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    Existential Limits to the Rectification of past Wrongs.Christopher W. Morris - 1984 - American Philosophical Quarterly 21 (2):175 - 182.
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    The Relation between Self-Interest and Justice in Contractarian Ethics.Christopher W. Morris - 1988 - Social Philosophy and Policy 5 (2):119-153.
    One of the most noteworthy features of David Gauthier's rational choice, contractarian theory of morality is its appeal to self-interested rationality. This appeal, however, will undoubtedly be the source of much controversy and criticism. For while self-interestedness is characteristic of much human behavior, it is not characteristic of all such behavior, much less of that which is most admirable. Yet contractarian ethics appears to assume that humans are entirely self-interested. It is not usually thought a virtue of a theory that (...)
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    Rational Commitment and Social Justice: Essays for Gregory Kavka.Jules L. Coleman & Christopher W. Morris (eds.) - 1998 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    Gregory S. Kavka was a prominent and influential figure in contemporary moral and political philosophy. The essays in this volume are concerned with fundamental issues of rational commitment and social justice to which Kavka devoted his work as a philosopher. The essays take Kavka's work as a point of departure and seek to advance the respective debates. The topics include: the relationship between intention and moral action as part of which Kavka's famous 'toxin puzzle' is a focus of discussion, the (...)
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  7. (1 other version)What is this Thing Called “Reputation”?Christopher W. Morris - 1999 - Business Ethics Quarterly 9 (1):87-102.
    Abstract:Concern for one’s “reputation” has been introduced in recent game theory enabling theorists to demonstrate the rationality of cooperative behavior in certain contexts. And these impressive results have been generalized to a variety of situations studied by students of business and business ethicists. But it is not clear that the notion of reputation employed has much explanatory power once one sees what is meant. I also suggest that there may be some larger lessons about the notion of rationality used by (...)
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    On the Edge of Anarchy: Locke, Consent, and the Limits of Society.Christopher W. Morris - 1993
    On the Edge of Anarchy completes A. John Simmons's exploration and development of Lockean moral and political philosophy, a project begun in The Lockean Theory of Rights (Princeton, 1992). In this new book, Simmons discusses the Lockean view of the nature of, grounds for, and limits on political relations between persons. Locke's ideas on this topic are probably the most influential in the history of political thought, but their philosophical virtues and implications have remained largely unappreciated. Here Simmons remedies this (...)
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    Introduction.Christopher W. Morris - 2013 - Ethics 123 (4):595-600.
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    The Very Idea of Popular Sovereignty: “We the People” Reconsidered.Christopher W. Morris - 2000 - Social Philosophy and Policy 17 (1):1-26.
    The sovereignty of the people, it is widely said, is the foundation of modern democracy. The truth of this claim depends on the plausibility of attributing sovereignty to “the people” in the first place, and I shall express skepticism about this possibility. I shall suggest as well that the notion of popular sovereignty is complex, and that appeals to the notion may be best understood as expressing several different ideas and ideals. This essay distinguishes many of these and suggests that (...)
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    Violence, Terrorism, and Justice.Raymond Gillespie Frey & Christopher W. Morris (eds.) - 1991 - Cambridge University Press.
    In this volume a group of distinguished moral and social thinkers address the urgent problem of terrorism. The essays define terrorism, discuss whether the assessment of terrorist violence should be based on its consequences, and explore what means may be used to combat those who use violence without justification. Among other questions raised by the volume are: what does it mean for a people to be innocent of the acts of their government? Might there not be some justification in terrorists (...)
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    Morality’s Many Parts.Christopher W. Morris - 2020 - Analytic Philosophy 61 (1):57-69.
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    Philosophical abstracts.Christopher W. Morris - 1984 - American Philosophical Quarterly 21 (2).
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    Value, Welfare, and Morality.Connie S. Rosati, R. G. Frey & Christopher W. Morris - 1995 - Philosophical Review 104 (4):603.
    This volume contains thirteen new essays covering various issues in value theory. Eight of the essays were presented at a conference by the same name at Bowling Green State University, five others were commissioned. The essays vary in quality, and some of them cover themes developed in previously published work. But overall, each essay provides a carefully argued point of view on an important issue.
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    Practical Rationality and Preference: Essays for David Gauthier.Christopher W. Morris & Arthur Ripstein (eds.) - 2001 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    What are preferences and are they reasons for action? Is it rational to cooperate with others even if that entails acting against one's preferences? The dominant position in philosophy on the topic of practical rationality is that one acts so as to maximize the satisfaction of one's preferences. This view is most closely associated with the work of David Gauthier, and in this collection of essays some of the most innovative philosophers working in this field explore the controversies surrounding Gauthier's (...)
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    Value, Welfare, and Morality.Raymond Gillespie Frey & Christopher W. Morris (eds.) - 1993 - Cambridge University Press.
    This book addresses critical issues in normative ethical theory. Every such theory must contain not only a theory of motivation but also a theory of value, and the link that is often forged between what is valuable and what would be right is human welfare or well-being. This topic is a subject of considerable controversy in contemporary ethics, not least because of the current reconsideration of utilitarianism. Indeed, there is as much disagreement about the nature of value and its relationship (...)
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  17. The State.Christopher W. Morris - 2011 - In George Klosko (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press UK. pp. 544--560.
     
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    A Hobbesian Welfare State?Christopher W. Morris - 1988 - Dialogue 27 (4):653-.
    Suppose that we have negative, natural rights to our lives, liberty, and possessions and that these rights are absolute or indefeasible. Then at best onlyminimal stateswill be legitimate, where such are states that restrict their activities to the enforcement of the basic rights of individuals and the like. Such appears to be the consequence of absolute natural rights. When made aware of these implications of absolute natural rights, many philosophers deny their existence. In the absence of a convincing defense of (...)
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  19. The modern state.Christopher W. Morris - 2004 - In Gerald F. Gaus & Chandran Kukathas (eds.), Handbook of political theory. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE. pp. 195--209.
  20. Introduction.Christopher W. Morris - 2009 - In Amartya Sen. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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    Well-Being, Reasons, and the Politics of Law. [REVIEW]Christopher W. Morris - 1996 - Ethics 106 (4):817-833.
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    The trouble with justice.Christopher W. Morris - 2008 - In Paul Bloomfield (ed.), Morality and Self-Interest. New York: Oxford University Press.
    This chapter asks the reader to contrast justice with some of the other central virtues—for instance, prudence, courage, temperance, or wisdom. Justice is different. Unlike these others, it is principally a social virtue; its interpersonal element is central. Other virtues, such as generosity, as well as benevolence or charity, are also interpersonal. But unlike justice, acts of generosity or benevolence are not owed to specific people. One ought to help others, but the choice of when and where to act benevolently (...)
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    (1 other version)Jean E. Hampton (1954-1996). Obituary.Christopher W. Morris, John Broome & Philippe Mongin - 1996 - Economics and Philosophy 12 (2):251-252.
    An obituary of Jean E. Hampton (1954-1996) by the editors of Economics and Philosophy. At the time of her premature death, Jean was serving as a member of the Editorial Board of the journal.
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  24. Human autonomy and the natural right to be free.Christopher W. Morris - 1980 - Journal of Libertarian Studies 4 (4):379-392.
  25. Ring of Gyges.Christopher W. Morris & Rachel Singpurwalla - 2013 - In Hugh LaFollette (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Hoboken, NJ: Blackwell.
    Plato’s Socrates holds that we always have reason to be just, since being just is essential for living a happy and successful life. In Book II of Plato’s Republic, Socrates’ main interlocutor, Glaucon, raises a vivid and powerful challenge to this claim. He presents the case of Gyges, a Lydian shepherd who possesses a ring that gives him the power of invisibility. Glaucon’s contention is that Gyges does not have reason to be just in this circumstance, since being just will (...)
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  26. The Social Contract Theorists: Critical Essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.Christopher W. Morris (ed.) - 1998 - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
    This rich collection will introduce students of philosophy and politics to the contemporary critical literature on the classical social contract political thinkers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. A dozen essays and book excerpts have been selected to guide students through the texts and to introduce them to current scholarly controversies surrounding the contractarian political theories of these three thinkers.
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    (1 other version)Peter J. Steinberger,The Idea of the State:The Idea of the State.Christopher W. Morris - 2008 - Ethics 118 (3):579-583.
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    Robert McKim and Jeff McMahan, The Morality of Nationalism:The Morality of Nationalism.Christopher W. Morris - 2000 - Ethics 110 (3):629-632.
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    Well-Being, Reasons, and the Politics of Law:Ethics in the Public Domain: Essays in the Morality of Law and Politics. Joseph Raz.Christopher W. Morris - 1996 - Ethics 106 (4):817-.
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    Liability and Responsibility: Essays in Law and Morals.R. G. Frey & Christopher W. Morris (eds.) - 1991 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    This collection of contemporary essays by a group of well-known philosophers and legal theorists covers various topics in the philosophy of law, focusing on issues concerning liability in contract, tort and criminal law. The book is divided into four sections. The first provides a conceptual overview of the issues at stake in a philosophical discussion of liability and responsibility. The second, third and fourth sections present, in turn, more detailed explorations of the roles of notions of liability and responsibility in (...)
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  31. Liability and Responsibility: Essays in Law and Morals.R. G. Frey & Christopher W. Morris - 1993 - Law and Philosophy 12 (4):407-416.
     
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    A contractarian defense of nuclear deterrence.Christopher W. Morris - 1985 - Ethics 95 (3):479-496.
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    A Non-Egalitarian Defense of Redistribution.Christopher W. Morris - 1982 - Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy 4:68-84.
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    Disasters and Dilemmas: Strategies for real-life decision making.Christopher W. Morris - 1993 - Philosophical Books 34 (1):49-51.
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  35. (1 other version)David Reisman, Theories of Collective Action: Downs, Olson and Hirsh Reviewed by.Christopher W. Morris - 1991 - Philosophy in Review 11 (4):289-290.
     
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  36. Ethics and economics.Christopher W. Morris - 2009 - In Amartya Sen. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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    Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism.Christopher W. Morris - 1995 - History of European Ideas 21 (5):721-722.
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    Letters to the Editor.Christopher W. Morris, Charles E. Cardwell, Julia Wrigley & Samuel Barry Rudolph - 1989 - Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 63 (1):41 - 44.
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    Marxism in Québec: Demise or Rebirth?Christopher W. Morris - 1984 - Dialogue 23 (3):475-480.
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    Natural Rights and Public Goods.Christopher W. Morris - 1985 - Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy 7:102-117.
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    On the Importance of Conversation.Christopher W. Morris - 1993 - Dialogue 32 (1):135-.
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  42. Preface.Christopher W. Morris - 2009 - In Amartya Sen. New York: Cambridge University Press.
     
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    Philosophy of Economics C. Dyke Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1981. Pp. viii, 184.Christopher W. Morris - 1983 - Dialogue 22 (1):180-182.
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    Practical rationality, markets, and private law 1.Christopher W. Morris - 1996 - Philosophical Books 37 (2):102-110.
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    Rights. Alan R. White.Christopher W. Morris - 1986 - Ethics 96 (2):417-418.
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    Value Subjectivism, Individualism, and Moral Standing.Christopher W. Morris - 1986 - Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy 8:16-21.
    L. W. Sumner argues that humanism—the position that all and only humans possess moral standing—is false. I agree. Critically examining an argument purporting to establish the exclusive part of humanism—that only humans possess moral standing—Sumner argues that we should not confuse ultimate and objective value, value and welfare, and “formal” and “substantive” theses about value. Again I have no disagreement.
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    What's wrong with imperialism?Christopher W. Morris - 2006 - Social Philosophy and Policy 23 (1):153-166.
    Imperialism is thought to be wrong by virtually everyone today. The consensus may be correct. However, there may be a few good things to be said for empire. More importantly for political philosophy, empires are not harder to justify or legitimate than states, or so I argue. The bad press that empires receive seems due to a methodological suspect comparison of nasty empires to nice states. When nice empires are considered they do not fare much worse than (nice) states. I (...)
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    Review of A. John Simmons: On the Edge of Anarchy: Locke, Consent, and the Limits of Society[REVIEW]Christopher W. Morris - 1995 - Ethics 106 (1):197-199.
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    Book Review:Political Theory Today. David Held. [REVIEW]Christopher W. Morris - 1993 - Ethics 103 (3):593-.
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    Rational Choice for Machines: A Research Program for Normative Philosophy. [REVIEW]Christopher W. Morris - 1997 - Dialogue 36 (3):623-632.
    Why be moral? The question is very old. It takes many forms and is subject to many interpretations. On one interpretation, the question does not make sense ; to ask it is evidence of misunderstanding. This view is not as popular as it once was. The more fashionable answer today is that we have reasons to be moral. These reasons may themselves be moral, or they may be non-moral. In the first case, we may not have the answer we wanted (...)
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