Evolution and Impartiality
Lazari-Radek and Singer argue that evolutionary considerations can resolve Sidgwick's dualism of practical reason, because such considerations debunk moral views that give weight to self-interested or partial considerations, but cannot threaten the principle Universal Benevolence. I argue that if we grant these claims, this appeal to evolution is ultimately self-defeating. Lazari-Radek and Singer face a dilemma. Either their evolutionary argument against partial morality succeeds, but then we need to also give up our conviction that suffering is bad; or there is a way to defend this conviction, but then their argument against partiality fails. Utilitarians, I suggest, should resist the temptation to appeal to evolutionary debunking arguments.
Justice through trust: disability and the "outlier problem" in social contract theory
The nonidentity problem, disability, and the role morality of prospective parents
Physician-assisted suicide, the doctrine of double effect, and the ground of value
What is the great benefit of legalizing euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide?
A defense of "A defense of abortion": on the responsibility objection to Thomson's argument
