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Kant and Lévinas on the problem of theodicy
(2008-05-18)
In his article of 1982 “The Useless Suffering” Lévinas writes that his interpretation of the story of Job in the Old Testament is in agreement with the reading offered by Kant in his essay of 1791 on “theodicy.” For the ...
Deliberative Democracy and Precautionary Public Reasoning : Exploratory Thoughts
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-05)
Because public policy is legally binding and,perhaps more pointedly,can have pervasive social and environmental
consequences for the autonomy of persons,it should be justifiable to those it could so affect.
What is much ...
Financing higher education : the case for a graduate tax
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-05)
The debate whether university education should be “free” seems misconstrued. Even in a system
without tuition fees, someone will have to foot the bill. This paper argues that from the viewpoint of
justice, a strong case ...
Implementing the Precautionary Principle through Stakeholder Engagement for Product and Service Development
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2007-05)
The precautionary principle is a sustainable development principle that attempts to articulate an
ethic in decision making since it deals with the notion of uncertainty of harm. Uncertainty becomes
a weakness when it has ...