All Outputs (54)

Death (2006)
Book
Scarre, G. (2006). Death. Acumen

A study of a range of metaphysical and ethical questions to do with death, dying and the treatment of the dead.

Corrective justice and reputation. (2006)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2006). Corrective justice and reputation. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 3(3), 305-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/1740468106071223

The ethics of archaeology: philosophical perspectives on archaeological practice (2006)
Book
Scarre, C., & Scarre, G. (Eds.). (2006). The ethics of archaeology: philosophical perspectives on archaeological practice. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.2277/0521840112%2C+10.2277/0521549426

The question of ethics and their role in archaeology has stimulated one of the discipline's liveliest debates. In this collection of essays, an international team of archaeologists, anthropologists and philosophers explore the ethical issues archaeol... Read More about The ethics of archaeology: philosophical perspectives on archaeological practice.

Excusing the inexcusable? Moral responsibility and ideologically-motivated wrongdoing (2005)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2005). Excusing the inexcusable? Moral responsibility and ideologically-motivated wrongdoing. Journal of Social Philosophy, 36(4), 457-472. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9833.2005.00288.x

After evil: responding to wrongdoing (2004)
Book
Scarre, G. (2004). After evil: responding to wrongdoing. Ashgate Publishing

An analytical study of forgiveness, mercy and punishment as responses to human moral evil.

Moral philosophy and the Holocaust. (2003)
Book
Scarre, G., & Garrard, E. (Eds.). (2003). Moral philosophy and the Holocaust. Ashgate Publishing

A collection of 15 new essays on moral-philosophical issues raised by the holocaust.

Archaeology and respect for the dead (2003)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2003). Archaeology and respect for the dead. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 20(3), 237-249. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0264-3758.2003.00250.x

Contemporary archaeologists commonly acknowledge moral responsibilities to the descendants of the subjects whose remains they disturb. There has been comparatively little reflection within the professional community on whether they have duties to the... Read More about Archaeology and respect for the dead.

Corporal punishment (2003)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2003). Corporal punishment. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 6(3), 295-316. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1026072527441

A study of moral arguments for and against the use of corporal punishment in a judicial content. It is argued that corporal punishment is not inevitably more cruel or demeanial than some conventionlly prefered punitive methods.

On caring about one's posthumous reputation (2001)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2001). On caring about one's posthumous reputation. American Philosophical Quarterly, 38(2), 209-220

Focuses on the concern for posthumous celebrity. Efforts of some to be remembered after death; Triumph over death with the survival of the significance of ones work or deed; Caution on the foolishness of the effort if the deed does not promote good v... Read More about On caring about one's posthumous reputation.

Interpreting the categorical imperative. (1998)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (1998). Interpreting the categorical imperative. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 6(2), 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788808570992

Understanding the moral phenomenology of the Third Reich. (1998)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (1998). Understanding the moral phenomenology of the Third Reich. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 1(4), 423-445. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1009982506922

This paper discusses the issue of German moral responsibility for the Holocaust in the light of the thesis of Daniel Goldhagen and others that inherited negative stereotypes of Jews and Jewishness were prime causal factors contributing to the genocid... Read More about Understanding the moral phenomenology of the Third Reich..

Utilitarianism (1996)
Book
Scarre, G. (1996). Utilitarianism. Routledge

Surveying the historical development and the present condition of utilitarian ethics, Geoffrey Scarre examines the major philosophers from Lao Tzu in the fifth century BC to Richard Hare in the twentieth. Utilitarianism traces the 'doctrine of utilit... Read More about Utilitarianism.

Cultural Heritage, Ethics and Contemporary Migrations
Book
Holtorf, C., Pantazatos, A., & Scarre, G. (Eds.). Cultural Heritage, Ethics and Contemporary Migrations. Routledge

How memorials speak to us
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. How memorials speak to us. In J. Bicknell, J. Judkins, & C. Korsmeyer (Eds.), Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins, Monuments, and Memorials (21-33). Routledge