Thesis
Two problems in dynamic ethics
- Abstract:
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Time raises a host of difficult ethical questions. This doctoral project focuses on two:
1. How are "static" comparative principles (e.g. equality, desert) to be understood over time? (The Problem of Fairness & Time)
2. How might separation (in time) between agents, objects, and threats affect claims to the relevant resources? (The New Problem of Temporal Distance)
My work begins with a simple observation: our prima facie intuitions about the value of simple distri...
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Funding
+ "Clarendon Fund", "A E Haigh Graduate Scholarship"
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Funding agency for:
Cox, C
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2011
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:7634
- Deposit date:
- 2013-12-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Courtney M. Cox
- Copyright date:
- 2011
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