The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was a civil rights organization founded in 1... more The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was a civil rights organization founded in 1960 by African American students at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The group pioneered the use of the sit-in as a tactic of nonviolent civil ...
KB: My name is Kayla Burchuk and I am a Macalester student from the Class of 2010, conducting int... more KB: My name is Kayla Burchuk and I am a Macalester student from the Class of 2010, conducting interviews for the Macalester Oral History Project. Today is Thursday, June 5 th , 2008, and I am interviewing Henry West, Professor of Philosophy, in his office in Old Main. So first, if you could just state your name, and when you were born, and how old you were when you first came to Macalester. HW: Well, I'm not sure I can remember that [laughter]. I'm Henry West, and I was born December 16 th , 1933, and I came to Macalester in 1965, so that would make me…thirty-one? '33 to '63, then another year there, maybe I was thirty-two? No, I was thirty-one [laughter]. And so, what difference does that make? [00:57] KB: Right. So I'd like to start off by just talking a little bit about your background before you came to Macalester. What was your educational background and what were you engaged in directly prior to coming to Macalester?
This is a book about the continuing influence of Hume's ideas on moral and political philoso... more This is a book about the continuing influence of Hume's ideas on moral and political philosophy. In part it is a critical exegesis of Hume's most impressive and challenging doctrines in Book III of the Treatise of Human Nature on such topics as morals, motivation, justice ...
Page 1. 67 MILL'S NATURALISM HENRY R. WEST In "Some Remarks on Mill&... more Page 1. 67 MILL'S NATURALISM HENRY R. WEST In "Some Remarks on Mill's Naturalism, ''1 David Michael Levin has added his voice to the growing number who have sought to correct GE Moore's unjustified attribution to ...
Page 1. THE BLACKWELL GUIDE TO Utilitarianism MILL'S EDITED BY HENRY R. WEST Pag... more Page 1. THE BLACKWELL GUIDE TO Utilitarianism MILL'S EDITED BY HENRY R. WEST Page 2. The Blackwell Guide to Mill's Utilitarianism Page 3. Blackwell Guides to Great Works A proper understanding of philosophy requires ...
Page 1. RECONSTRUCTING MILL'S " PROOF " OF THE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY IN his " ... more Page 1. RECONSTRUCTING MILL'S " PROOF " OF THE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY IN his " reconstruction " of Mill's " proof" of the principle of utility (MIND, April 1969, pp. 278-279) Neil Cooper fails to maintain a distinction between ...
Page 1. Mill's Qualitative Hedonism HENRY R. WEST Rex Martin's &amp... more Page 1. Mill's Qualitative Hedonism HENRY R. WEST Rex Martin's 'A Defence of Mill's Qualitative Hedonism' (Philosophy, 47, No. i80 (April 1972), pp. I40-I5I) seeks to defend Mill against critics who have claimed that to be consistent ...
The Blackwell guide to Mill's Utilitarianism, Jan 1, 1982
A proper understanding of philosophy requires engagement with the foundational texts that have sh... more A proper understanding of philosophy requires engagement with the foundational texts that have shaped the development of the discipline and which have an abiding relevance to contemporary discussions. Each volume in this series provides guidance to those coming to the great works of the philosophical canon, whether for the first time or to gain new insight. Comprising specially commissioned contributions from the finest scholars, each book offers a clear and authoritative account of the context, arguments, and impact of the work at hand. Where possible the original text is reproduced alongside the essays.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was a civil rights organization founded in 1... more The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was a civil rights organization founded in 1960 by African American students at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The group pioneered the use of the sit-in as a tactic of nonviolent civil ...
KB: My name is Kayla Burchuk and I am a Macalester student from the Class of 2010, conducting int... more KB: My name is Kayla Burchuk and I am a Macalester student from the Class of 2010, conducting interviews for the Macalester Oral History Project. Today is Thursday, June 5 th , 2008, and I am interviewing Henry West, Professor of Philosophy, in his office in Old Main. So first, if you could just state your name, and when you were born, and how old you were when you first came to Macalester. HW: Well, I'm not sure I can remember that [laughter]. I'm Henry West, and I was born December 16 th , 1933, and I came to Macalester in 1965, so that would make me…thirty-one? '33 to '63, then another year there, maybe I was thirty-two? No, I was thirty-one [laughter]. And so, what difference does that make? [00:57] KB: Right. So I'd like to start off by just talking a little bit about your background before you came to Macalester. What was your educational background and what were you engaged in directly prior to coming to Macalester?
This is a book about the continuing influence of Hume's ideas on moral and political philoso... more This is a book about the continuing influence of Hume's ideas on moral and political philosophy. In part it is a critical exegesis of Hume's most impressive and challenging doctrines in Book III of the Treatise of Human Nature on such topics as morals, motivation, justice ...
Page 1. 67 MILL'S NATURALISM HENRY R. WEST In "Some Remarks on Mill&... more Page 1. 67 MILL'S NATURALISM HENRY R. WEST In "Some Remarks on Mill's Naturalism, ''1 David Michael Levin has added his voice to the growing number who have sought to correct GE Moore's unjustified attribution to ...
Page 1. THE BLACKWELL GUIDE TO Utilitarianism MILL'S EDITED BY HENRY R. WEST Pag... more Page 1. THE BLACKWELL GUIDE TO Utilitarianism MILL'S EDITED BY HENRY R. WEST Page 2. The Blackwell Guide to Mill's Utilitarianism Page 3. Blackwell Guides to Great Works A proper understanding of philosophy requires ...
Page 1. RECONSTRUCTING MILL'S " PROOF " OF THE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY IN his " ... more Page 1. RECONSTRUCTING MILL'S " PROOF " OF THE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY IN his " reconstruction " of Mill's " proof" of the principle of utility (MIND, April 1969, pp. 278-279) Neil Cooper fails to maintain a distinction between ...
Page 1. Mill's Qualitative Hedonism HENRY R. WEST Rex Martin's &amp... more Page 1. Mill's Qualitative Hedonism HENRY R. WEST Rex Martin's 'A Defence of Mill's Qualitative Hedonism' (Philosophy, 47, No. i80 (April 1972), pp. I40-I5I) seeks to defend Mill against critics who have claimed that to be consistent ...
The Blackwell guide to Mill's Utilitarianism, Jan 1, 1982
A proper understanding of philosophy requires engagement with the foundational texts that have sh... more A proper understanding of philosophy requires engagement with the foundational texts that have shaped the development of the discipline and which have an abiding relevance to contemporary discussions. Each volume in this series provides guidance to those coming to the great works of the philosophical canon, whether for the first time or to gain new insight. Comprising specially commissioned contributions from the finest scholars, each book offers a clear and authoritative account of the context, arguments, and impact of the work at hand. Where possible the original text is reproduced alongside the essays.
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