Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Retribution and the Evolution of Human Punishment
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): Social scientists have long considered punishment to be one of the most promising ...Open AccessThesis -
Iris Murdoch on the role of Art in Moral Perception
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): Throughout her work, Iris Murdoch often touches on the intersection between ethics and aesthetics, in particular focussing on art’s role in moral perception. As ...Open AccessThesis -
The Point of Our Words
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): On the Origin of Species(1) marked a shift in the appreciation not only of ...Open AccessThesis -
On Moral Hedging, the Problem of Intertheoretic Value Comparisons, and Vagueness
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): When we are confronted with decisions of moral significance, the ideal course of action, at least according to most moral philosophers, is to look to the moral ...Open AccessThesis -
Across the borderlines - Coalitional feminist politics beyond identity and difference
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): Class and identity politics have long had a vexed relationship. Proponents of ...Open AccessThesis