John Ladd
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Brown University
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From a Brown Yearbook
Research Interest
Philosophy of law, Medical ethics, Kant's ethics,
Computer ethics, philosophical issues relating to race and ethnicity
Current Work
Philosophical studies of race, Kant's philosophy of law, ethical issues relating to information technology
Selected Bibliography
"Value Judgments, Emotive Meaning, and Attitudes," The Journal of Philosophy Vol. 46, No. 5. 1949, pp. 119-128.
"Free Will and Voluntary Action," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 12, No. 3. 1952, pp. 392-405.
"Ethics and Explanation," The Journal of Philosophy, v. 49 no. 15 1952, pp. 502-504 p.
"The Distinctive Features of Obligation-Statements," The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 53, No. 22 1956, pp. 653-662.
The Structure of a Moral Code: A Philosophical Analysis of Ethical Discourse Applied to the Ethics of the Navaho Indians (Cambridge: Harvard University Press) 1957.
"Remarks on the Conflict of Obligations," The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 55, No. 19 1958, pp. 811-819.
"The Ethical Dimensions of the Concept of Action," The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 62, No. 21 1965, pp. 633-645.
"Morality and the Ideal of Rationality in Formal Organizations," Monist Vol. 54 No. 4 1970.
"Legalism and Medical Ethics," Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Vol. 4 No. 1 1979.
"The Quest for a Code of Professional Ethics: An Intellectual and Moral Confusion," in AAAS Professional Ethics Project, eds. Rosemary Chalk, Mark S. Frankel and Sallie B. Chafer. (Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1980.
Ethical Questions Relating to Life and Death (New York: Oxford University Press) 1979.
"The Poverty of Absolutism," in Edward Westermarck: Essays on his Life and Works, ed. Timothy Stroup. (Helsinki: Societas Philosophica Fennica) 1982. (= Acta Philosophica Fennica Vol. 34)
Ethical Relativism (Lanham: University Press of America) 1985 (1973).
"Computers and Moral Responsibility: A Framework for Ethical Analysis," in The Information Web: Ethical and Social Implications of Computer Networking Ed. Carol Gould. (Boulder: Westview Press) 1988.
"The Idea of Collective Violence," in Justice, Law and Violence Ed. James B. Brady and Newton Garver. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press) 1991.
"Bhopal: An Essay on Moral Responsibility and Civic Virtue," Journal of Social Philosophy Vol. 32 No. 1 1991.
"Philosophical Reflections on Race and Racism," American Behavioral Scientist Vol. 41 No. 2 1997, pp. 210-220.
Metaphysical Elements of Justice: Part I of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant, Revised Edition (Indianapolis: Hackett), 1998 (1965).
"The Idea of Community: An Ethical Exploration," (2 parts) The Journal of Value Inquiry Vol. 32 1998, pp. 3-24, 153-174.
