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Lest we forget: how and why we should remember the Great War (2014)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2014). Lest we forget: how and why we should remember the Great War. Ethical Perspectives, 21(3), 321-344. https://doi.org/10.2143/ep.21.3.3044848

Because commemorations of historic events say as much about the present as the past, it is important to think carefully about how and why we should remember the Great War in the centenary year of its outbreak. Commemoration must not be allowed to deg... Read More about Lest we forget: how and why we should remember the Great War.

Appropriating the past (2013)
Book
Scarre, G., & Coningham, R. (Eds.). (2013). Appropriating the past. Cambridge University Press

The vulnerability of the dead (2013)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2013). The vulnerability of the dead. In J. S. Taylor (Ed.), The metaphysics and ethics of death : new essays (171-187). Oxford University Press

'Sapient trouble-tombs'?: Archaeologists' moral obligations to the dead (2013)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2013). 'Sapient trouble-tombs'?: Archaeologists' moral obligations to the dead. In S. Tarlow, & L. Nillson Stutz (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of death and burial (665-676). Oxford University Press

This chapter argues that moral questions raised by archaeological research on human remains are helpfully studied in the context of a broader range of questions about the ethically proper relations between the living and the dead. How, for instance,... Read More about 'Sapient trouble-tombs'?: Archaeologists' moral obligations to the dead.

Privacy and the Dead (2013)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2013). Privacy and the Dead. Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 19(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.5840/pcw201219112

The privacy of the dead might be thought to be violated by, for instance, the disinterment for research purposes of human physical remains or the posthumous revelation of embarrassing facts about people's private lives. But are there any moral rights... Read More about Privacy and the Dead.

Can there be a good death? (2012)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2012). Can there be a good death?. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 18(5), 1082-1086. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01922.x

While some deaths are worse than others, there is no such thing as a ‘good death’ since the plausible desiderata of a ‘good death’ form an inconsistent set. Because death is of the greatest existential consequence to us, a ‘good’ death must be a self... Read More about Can there be a good death?.

Political reconciliation, forgiveness and grace (2011)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2011). Political reconciliation, forgiveness and grace. Studies in Christian Ethics, 24(2), 171-182. https://doi.org/10.1177/0953946810397442

This essay argues that the overuse of the idiom of forgiveness has distorted our understanding of the nature and requirements of political reconciliation, and proposes its supplementation by a notion of grace. This is a mode of response to wrongs tha... Read More about Political reconciliation, forgiveness and grace.

Evil. (2010)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2010). Evil. In J. Skorupski (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Ethics (584-595). Routledge

On Courage (2010)
Book
Scarre, G. (2010). On Courage. Routledge

The repatriation of human remains (2009)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2009). The repatriation of human remains. In J. Young, & C. Brunk (Eds.), The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation (72-92). Blackwell

Dying and philosophy. (2009)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2009). Dying and philosophy. In A. Kellehear (Ed.), The Study of Dying: From Autonomy to Transformation (147-162). Cambridge University Press