Essay son Actions and Events (Davidson 200 la, henceforth EAE) brings together seminal
papers by Donald Davidson, one of the most influential philosophers in the analytic tradition …

Contemporary theories of exercise behavior have been the products of the so-called
cognitive revolution, which has shaped the dominant paradigm in psychology over the past …

A leading scholar explores what it means to dehumanize othersÑand how and why we do it.
ÒI wouldnÕt have accepted that they were human beings. You would see an infant whoÕs …

This work explores the relationship between Bentham's utilitarian practical philosophy and
his positivist jurisprudence. These theories appear to be in tension because his utilitarian …

John Rawls taught us to think of moral theory as treating primarily three concepts: the
concept of right (wrong, permissible), the concept of good, and the concept of moral worth. O …

Isaac Newton has become an intellectual avatar for our modern age, the man who, as even
children know, was inspired to codify nature's laws by watching an apple fall from a tree. Yet …

Many philosophers believe that normative ethics is in principle independent of psychology.
By contrast, the authors of these essays explore the interconnections between psychology …

Hume's Politics provides a comprehensive examination of David Hume's political theory,
and is the first book to focus on Hume's monumental History of England as the key to his …

The aim of this paper is to propose a systematic classification of emotions which can also
characterize their nature. The first challenge we address is the submission of clear criteria …

This book is part of the growing field of practical approaches to philosophical questions
relating to identity, agency and ethics--approaches which work across continental and …