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    The Problem of Democratic Dirty Hands: Citizen Complicity, Responsibility, and Guilt.Stephen de Wijze - 2018 - The Monist 101 (2):129-149.
    This paper outlines and explores the problem of democratic dirty hands, the sui generis moral situation where democratic politicians justifiably violate both a cherished moral principle and the fundamental processes of democratic governance. Some recent contributions to the dirty-hands debate have argued that the principles of democratic governance render DDH impossible. The paper rejects this view as based on a misunderstanding of the minimal and necessary conditions for both DH and democratic overnance. However, DDH does raise interesting issues concerning the (...)
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    Are ‘Dirty Hands’ Possible?Stephen de Wijze - 2024 - The Journal of Ethics 28 (1):187-214.
    This paper argues that ‘dirty hands’ (DH) scenarios, where an agent is forced to do wrong in order to do right, are conceptually coherent. The charge of incoherence is a widespread and common criticism made by deontologists and consequentialists alike. They argue that DH theorists erroneously assume the existence of real moral dilemmas and then compound this error by claiming that it is possible to engage in justified moral wrongdoing. However, such critics argue that there are only _prima facie_ moral (...)
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  3. Tragic-remorse–the anguish of dirty hands.Stephen De Wijze - 2005 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 7 (5):453-471.
    This paper outlines and defends a notion of tragic-remorse. This moral emotion properly accompanies those actions that involve unavoidable moral wrongdoing in general and dirty hands scenarios in particular. Tragic-remorse differs both phenomenologically and conceptually from regret, agent-regret and remorse. By recognising the existence of tragic-remorse, we are better able to account for our complex moral reality which at times makes it necessary for good persons to act in ways that although justified leave the agent with a moral stain and (...)
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  4. Dirty hands: Doing wrong to do right.Stephen De Wijze - 1994 - South African Journal of Philosophy 13 (1):27-33.
     
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    Hillel Steiner and the Anatomy of Justice: Themes and Challenges.Stephen De Wijze, Matthew H. Kramer & Ian Carter (eds.) - 2009 - New York: Routledge.
    Throughout the English-speaking world, and in the many other countries where analytic philosophy is studied, Hillel Steiner is esteemed as one of the foremost contemporary political philosophers. This volume is designed as a festschrift for Steiner and as an important collection of philosophical essays in its own right. The editors have assembled a roster of highly distinguished international contributors, all of whom are eager to pay tribute to Steiner by focusing on topics on which he himself has concentrated. Some of (...)
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  6. Dirty hands.Stephen de Wijze - 2007 - In Igor Primoratz (ed.), Politics and morality. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan.
     
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    (2 other versions)Defining Evil.Stephen de Wijze - 2002 - The Monist 85 (2):210-238.
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  8. The Challenge of a Moral Politics: Mendus and Coady on Politics, Integrity and ‘Dirty Hands’: Susan Mendus: Politics and Morality, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2009, 130 pp. C. A. J. Coady: Messy Morality: The Challenge of Politics, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2008, 123 pp.Stephen de Wijze - 2012 - Res Publica 18 (2):189-200.
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    (1 other version)The Family and Political Justice: The Case for Political Liberalisms.Stephen de Wijze - 2000 - The Journal of Ethics 4 (3):257 - 281.
    This paper examines two central arguments raised by feminist theorists against the coherence and consistency of political liberalisms, a recent recasting of liberal theories of justice. They argue that due to political liberalisms' uncritical reliance on a political/personal distinction, they permit the institution of the family to take sexist and illiberal forms thus undermining its own aims and political project. Political liberalisms' tolerance of a wide range of family forms result in two fatal inconsistences. Firstly, it retards or completely prevents (...)
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  10. Interrogating the ‘Ticking Bomb Scenario’: Reassessing the Thought Experiment.Simon Beck & Stephen de Wijze - 2015 - International Journal of Applied Philosophy 29 (1):53-70.
    The aim of this paper is to re-evaluate the manner in which the Ticking Bomb Scenario (TBS), a thought experiment in philosophical enquiry, has been used in the discussion of the justifiability or otherwise of forward-looking interrogational torture (FLIT). The paper argues that criticisms commonly raised against the thought experiment are often inappropriate or irrelevant. A great many criticisms misunderstand the way in which thought experiments in general, and the TBS in particular, are supposed to work in philosophical (and for (...)
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    50 Years of Dirty Hands: An Overview.Christina Nick & Stephen de Wijze - 2023 - The Journal of Ethics 27 (4):415-439.
    This chapter introduces the Special Issue and offers an overview of the corpus of work on the topic since the publication of Michael Walzer’s seminal article, ‘Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands’.
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    Small-Scale Evil.Stephen de Wijze - 2018 - Journal of Value Inquiry 52 (1):25-35.
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    (1 other version)Complexity, Relevance and Character: Problems with teaching the ad hominem fallacy.Stephen de Wijze - 2003 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 35 (1):31-56.
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    Rawls and Civic Education.Stephen De Wijze - 1999 - Cogito 13 (2):87-93.
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  15. Recalibrating Steiner on evil.Stephen de Wijze - 2009 - In Stephen De Wijze, Matthew H. Kramer & Ian Carter (eds.), Hillel Steiner and the Anatomy of Justice: Themes and Challenges. New York: Routledge. pp. 214.
     
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    In Bello Proportionality: Philosophical Reflections on a Disturbing Empirical Study.Stephen de Wijze, Daniel Statman & Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan - 2022 - Journal of Military Ethics 21 (2):116-131.
    A recent empirical study has argued that experts in the ethics or the law of war cannot reach reasonable convergence on dilemmas regarding the number of civilian casualties who may be killed as a side effect of attacks on legitimate military targets. This article explores the philosophical implications of that study. We argue that the wide disagreement between experts on what in bello proportionality means in practice casts serious doubt on their ability to provide practical real-life guidance. We then suggest (...)
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  17. Towards a political ethic: Exploring the boundaries of a moral politics.Stephen de Wijze - 1994 - Philosophical Papers 23 (3):191-215.
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    Owning persons, places, and things.Stephen De Wijze, Matthew H. Kramer & Ian Carter - 2009 - In Stephen De Wijze, Matthew H. Kramer & Ian Carter (eds.), Hillel Steiner and the Anatomy of Justice: Themes and Challenges. New York: Routledge.
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    Being Evil: A Philosophical Perspective.Stephen de Wijze - 2022 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 100 (3):634-637.
    The notion of ‘moral evil’ is an important one and raises many difficult questions. When one witnesses or suffers from the very worst kind of actions from the very worst type of people, it evokes a...
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    Helping to Undo the Past: Teaching Critical Reasoning in South Africa.Stephen De Wijze - 1996 - Informal Logic 18 (1):57-82.
    In this paper I discuss the opportunities and difficulties of teaching critical reasoning in a rapidly transforming society such as South Africa. I argue that the real benefits for students of such courses outweigh the pessimism of John McPeck and Richard Paul that they do little, if any, good. This paper is based on my experience of having taught critical reasoning at school and university level in South Africa during the early 90's.
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  21. Learning to be Political Liberals: A Reply to Parry.Stephen De Wijze - 1998 - Manchester Centre for Political Thought.
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  22. Machiavellian Thoughts on Mbeki : Between Political Cynicism & Moral Naivety.Stephen de Wijze - 2000 - Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics 2 (1).
     
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    Reflective democracy, by Robert E. Goodin.Stephen De Wijze - 2007 - European Journal of Philosophy 15 (1):129–136.
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    South Africa and the prospect of political liberalism.Stephen De Wijze - 1999 - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2 (3):48-80.
    This article outlines the basic tenets of political liberalism, a recent twist in liberal theories of justice, and distinguishes a ?sufficiency? approach from its more ?egalitarian? rivals. The article argues that a ?sufficiency? principle as the basis for distributing social and material goods, is a logical extension of the commitment to a democratic ideal, one that is required to give substance to political rights guaranteed to all citizens as free and equal members of society. To illustrate the attractiveness of this (...)
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    Searching for the Mark of Cain–Barry’s Exploration of Evil Persons: Peter Brian Barry, Evil and Moral Psychology. Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory, New York: Taylor and Francis, 2013, 198 pp. ISBN978-0-415-53290-7 £85, $119.99 hbk.Stephen de Wijze - 2016 - Journal of Value Inquiry 50 (2):463-471.
    When is it justified to refer to someone as evil? How, if at all, is this different from saying that this person is deeply immoral or simply very bad? Moreover, does identifying a person as evil have practical implications for the criminal law and the institution of punishment more generally? These are central questions that Barry seeks to answer in Evil and Moral Psychology. His wide-ranging analysis attempts to identify and reliably predict who is, and who will become, evil by (...)
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    (1 other version)Shamanistic Incantations? Rawls, Reasonableness and Secular Fundamentalism.Stephen De Wijze - 2007 - Politics and Ethics Review 3 (1):109-128.
    The paper examines a specific charge against Rawls's political liberalism, namely that the manner in which it uses the notion of reasonableness renders it a form of secular fundamentalism. The paper begins with an examination of what Rawls means by his notion of ‘the reasonable’ and briefly outlines its role in his version of political liberalism. This leads to a discussion of the different meanings of ‘secular fundamentalism’ and how it is specifically used in its criticism of Rawls's ‘justice as (...)
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    The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil.Thomas Nys & Stephen De Wijze (eds.) - 2017 - New York: Routledge.
    Why ought we concern ourselves with understanding a concept of evil? It is an elusive and politically charged concept which critics argue has no explanatory power and is a relic of a superstitious and primitive religious past. Yet its widespread use persists today: we find it invoked by politicians, judges, journalists, and many others to express the view that certain actions, persons, institutions, or ideologies are not just morally problematic but require a special signifier to mark them out from the (...)
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  28. Moral contractualism comes of age. [REVIEW]Jonathan Hughes & Stephen de Wijze - 2001 - Res Publica 7 (2):189--196.
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    Book ReviewRichard Bellamy,. Liberalism and Pluralism: Towards a Politics of Compromise.London: Routledge, 1999. Pp. 245. $95.00 ; $29.95. [REVIEW]Stephen de Wijze - 2002 - Ethics 112 (2):356-358.
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    Patricia J Mills , Feminist Interpretations of G W F Hegel. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996, pp.vii + 352, $45 Hb, $17.95 Pbk. [REVIEW]Stephen de Wijze - 1997 - Hegel Bulletin 18 (2):30-33.
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