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New Waves in Ethics (2011)
Book
Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). New Waves in Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan

New Waves in Ethics brings together the leading future figures in ethics broadly construed with essays ranging from metaethics and normative ethics to applied ethics and political philosophy. Topics include new work on experimental philosophy, femini... Read More about New Waves in Ethics.

Ethics and Moral Philosophy (2011)
Book
Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). Ethics and Moral Philosophy. Brill Academic Publishers

Ethics and moral philosophy is an area of particular interest today. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area. The essays have all appeared recently in the Journal of Moral Philosophy, an internationally recognized lea... Read More about Ethics and Moral Philosophy.

Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 14(2), 143-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2011.578363

In ‘Respect for everything,’ David Schmidtz offers powerful arguments in favour of a respect for nature over species egalitarianism (Schmidtz, this issue, pp. 127–138). While I accept much of his account, I argue that his understanding of respect may... Read More about Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach.

Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities. Ethics and Global Politics, 4(3), 195-202. https://doi.org/10.3402/egp.v4i3.7140

How should we determine which nations have a responsibility to remedy suffering elsewhere? The problem is pressing because, following David Miller, ‘[it] is morally intolerable if (remediable) suffering and deprivation are allowed to continue . . . w... Read More about Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities.

Punishment (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Punishment

Retribution and Capital Punishment (2011)
Book Chapter
Brooks, T. (2011). Retribution and Capital Punishment. In M. D. White (Ed.), Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy (232-245). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199752232.001.0001

This chapter argues that contrary to popular wisdom (and clear pronouncements by classic retributivists such as Kant), retributivists should oppose capital punishment for murderers. He concedes that murderers may deserve to be executed, and that this... Read More about Retribution and Capital Punishment.

Is Bradley a Retributivist? (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Is Bradley a Retributivist?. History of Political Thought, 32(1), 83-95

Perhaps the least controversial area of F.H. Bradley's writings relates to his views on punishment. Commentators universally recognize Bradley's theory of punishment as a retributivist theory of punishment. This article challenges the received wisdom... Read More about Is Bradley a Retributivist?.