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| {{Short description|American instructor of social ethics (1875–1911)}} | |||
| '''Ray Madding McConnell''' (1875–1911) was an instructor of ] at ]. | '''Ray Madding McConnell''' (1875–1911) was an instructor of ] at ]. | ||
| McConnell received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard in 1908, a STB from ], and an AB from ] in Alabama.<ref>Harvard University, ''Report of the President of Harvard University 1907–1908'', p. 140.</ref><ref>https://www.irwincollier.com/harvard-short-bibliography-on-socialism-and-family-christian-ethics-for-serious-minded-students-mcconnell-1910/</ref><ref>https://legacy-www.math.harvard.edu/history/officers/officers.txt</ref> | McConnell received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard in 1908, a STB from ], and an AB from ] in Alabama.<ref>Harvard University, ''Report of the President of Harvard University 1907–1908'', p. 140.</ref><ref>https://www.irwincollier.com/harvard-short-bibliography-on-socialism-and-family-christian-ethics-for-serious-minded-students-mcconnell-1910/</ref><ref>https://legacy-www.math.harvard.edu/history/officers/officers.txt</ref> | ||
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==Works== | ||
| * ''The Duty of Altruism'', New York: MacMillan, 1910 | * ''The Duty of Altruism'', New York: MacMillan, 1910 | ||
| : McConnell reviews the various methods by which people have tried to prove the universal validity of certain ethical frameworks, and shows how they fail. He recommends instead a more descriptive moral science that respects the particular circumstances and nature of each individual, and the subjective ethics that results from this, rather than trying to impose a universal generic ethics on everyone.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tsanoff|first=Radoslav A.|title=Book Reviews: The Duty of Altruism|journal=International Journal of Ethics|volume=22|number=2|year=1912|pages=245–247}}</ref> | |||
| * ''Criminal Responsibility and Social Constraint'', New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912 | * ''Criminal Responsibility and Social Constraint'', New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912 | ||
| : McConnell reviews the various justifications usually given for punishing criminals (expiation, retribution, deterrence, and reformation), and finds these lacking. He promotes in their place a principle he calls "social utility", which incorporates the useful features of the failed theories, but solely in the service of the protection of society, and solely on ] grounds. He justifies this in part on what he sees as the evident truth of ], which undermines some of the moral intuitions used to justify other theories of punishment.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Payne|first=J.B.|title=Book Reviews: Criminal Responsibility and Social Constraint|volume=24|number=1|year=1913|journal=International Journal of Ethics|pages=116–118}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:18, 14 December 2024
American instructor of social ethics (1875–1911)Ray Madding McConnell (1875–1911) was an instructor of social ethics at Harvard University.
McConnell received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard in 1908, a STB from Vanderbilt University, and an AB from Southern University in Alabama.
Works
- The Duty of Altruism, New York: MacMillan, 1910
- McConnell reviews the various methods by which people have tried to prove the universal validity of certain ethical frameworks, and shows how they fail. He recommends instead a more descriptive moral science that respects the particular circumstances and nature of each individual, and the subjective ethics that results from this, rather than trying to impose a universal generic ethics on everyone.
- Criminal Responsibility and Social Constraint, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912
- McConnell reviews the various justifications usually given for punishing criminals (expiation, retribution, deterrence, and reformation), and finds these lacking. He promotes in their place a principle he calls "social utility", which incorporates the useful features of the failed theories, but solely in the service of the protection of society, and solely on utilitarian grounds. He justifies this in part on what he sees as the evident truth of determinism, which undermines some of the moral intuitions used to justify other theories of punishment.
References
- Harvard University, Report of the President of Harvard University 1907–1908, p. 140.
- https://www.irwincollier.com/harvard-short-bibliography-on-socialism-and-family-christian-ethics-for-serious-minded-students-mcconnell-1910/
- https://legacy-www.math.harvard.edu/history/officers/officers.txt
- Tsanoff, Radoslav A. (1912). "Book Reviews: The Duty of Altruism". International Journal of Ethics. 22 (2): 245–247.
- Payne, J.B. (1913). "Book Reviews: Criminal Responsibility and Social Constraint". International Journal of Ethics. 24 (1): 116–118.
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