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  1. Wallace taught a variety of subjects, including value theory, practical reasoning, social and political philosophy, bioethics, ancient Greek philosophy, and philosophy of art. Wallace was the father of the novelist David Foster Wallace. He was an atheist. Wallace died on July 7, 2019, in Tempe, Arizona, where he had lived since 2012.

  2. Sep 6, 2009 · In this slim, highly readable volume, James D. Wallace attempts to show that mainstream, philosophical ethics has misconstrued the relationship between ethical norms and the practices that embody and express them. Using richly detailed historical and contemporary examples — perhaps the book’s greatest strength — Wallace argues that the ...

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  4. WALLACE, James D. Genres: Ethics. Career: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, instructor, 1962-63, assistant professor, 1963-68, associate professor, 1968-70, professor of philosophy, 1970-, department head, 1970-77, fellow in Program for the Study of Cultural Values and Ethics, 1991-92.

  5. Mar 15, 2011 · As we learn how to solve problems and act on this knowledge, the practice itself changes.In Norms and Practices, James D. Wallace shows that norms of all kinds, including ethical norms, are...

  6. Books. Ethical Norms, Particular Cases. James D. Wallace. Cornell University Press, May 31, 2018 - Philosophy - 192 pages. James D. Wallace treats moral considerations as beliefs about...

  7. Wallace begins by identifying two assumptions that are ‘deeply entrenched in Anglo-American philosophical ethics’: (1) that ‘ethical norms have an origin, existence, and authority independent from actual historical social practice’; and (2) that ‘each individual could, in principle, gain knowledge of such norms independently of other ...

  8. Nov 15, 2008 · Wallace shows that practices and norms, including ethical norms within such spheres as biomedical research, family life, and politics, continually change as practitioners face novel problems. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.

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