This book offers a novel analysis of the widely-used but ill-understood technique of thought
experiment. The author argues that the powers and limits of this methodology can be traced …

What justifies our holding one person over another morally responsible for a past action?
Why am I justified in having a special prudential concern for one particular future person …

" Of Literature and Knowledge looks... like an important advance in this new and very
important subject... literature is about to become even more interesting."–Edward O. Wilson …

Some contemporary states are morally culpable for historically distant wrongs. But which
states for which wrongs? The answer is not obvious, due to secessions, unions, and the …

Tématem této monografie je problematika osobní identity a našich praktických zájmů a
postojů, jejichž pochopení a legitimní aplikace koncept osobní identity předpokládají. Jde o …

The idea that it is possible for persons to divide has long been of interest to philosophers
concerned with personal identity. Thought-experiments outlining some scenario in which …

Advance directives record our voluntary choices and provide guidelines for people making
decisions on our behalf when we are no longer capable of making substantiated, reasoned …

Marya Schechtman's The Constitution of Selves presented an impressive attempt to
persuade those working on personal identity to give up mainstream positions and take on a …

Die Beteiligung der Philosophie an der Abtreibungsdiskussion ist in Deutschland überfällig.
Während in angelsächsischen Ländern, insbesondere in den USA, seit Ende der sechziger …

The distinction between humans and persons appears to be a fundamental one for both
religion and morality. Nevertheless, it has recently come under fire-not because of any …