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Description:: Does race matter globally, beyond national and regional contexts? If yes, then how exactly? I argue that race matters globally and develop an account for understanding that significance. I call the account “global racial capitalism.” In chapter 1, I offer background to motivate and defend the thesis that race matters...
Keyword:: Race, Global Justice, Racism, Justice, Capitalism, and Racial Capitalism
Subject:: Philosophy, Ethics, and Political science
Creator:: Alnusf, Marzouq
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 06/22/2022
Date Created:: 2022-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_897062 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16000

Description:: To be tempted is to be conflicted, but the conflict is not one of oscillation between two good options. Rather, it is normally easy to act on temptation and difficult to act against it. But this is puzzling, because unless temptation is a force that acts on us, it’s not...
Keyword:: inclination, temptation, philosophy of action , motivation, moral psychology, and desire
Subject:: Philosophy and Ethics
Creator:: Bruxvoort, Abigail
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/02/2022
Date Created:: 2021-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_854362 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15809

Description:: We often criticize people for having beliefs that are not sufficiently supported by the total available evidence. We do this even if those beliefs are instrumental to satisfying their desires. This leads to a question: why should people care about following the evidence, especially when doing so is not instrumental...
Keyword:: pragmatic, rationality, reasons, belief, normativity, and epistemic
Subject:: Ethics and Epistemology
Creator:: Weston, Nathan Michael
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 04/15/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_784126 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15428

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