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Repugnance, outrage, and other moral excuses3 comments

Michael Giberson wrote 4 days ago: Michael Giberson Bryan Caplan, in How Wise is Repugnance?,  questions Leon Kass’s argument tha … more →

Tags: Miscellany, moral psychology, repugnant markets

Ethics and Modern Life

The Parson wrote 6 days ago: Is there any one place we can turn for guidance on moral and ethical matters that has all the answer … more →

Tags: Bible, Christian Living, Christian Ethics, ethics and modern living, psalm 119, Psalm 119:130, study of ethics

Daniel Star – Two Levels of Moral Thinking

j. wrote 1 week ago: Dernier Atelier du GRIN 2009 Daniel Star (Boston) « Two Levels of Moral Thinking » Vendredi 11 décem … more →

Tags: Grín, normativity

For those who think that Kant was a cold rationalist...

theimmoralist wrote 1 week ago: (my translation from German): “There is no man which is deprived of any moral sentiment, since … more →

Tags: Non-moralism, Philosophy, Hume, Immoralism, kant, Moralism, Rationalism, Sentimentalism

Tyler Cowen's political (and general) wisdom

Jake Seliger wrote 2 weeks ago: “[...] we are accustomed to judging the truth of a claim by the moral status of the group maki … more →

Tags: Links, Philosophy, ClimateGate, Evil, Good vs. Evil, Marginal Revolution, Paul Graham, tyler cowen, what you can't say

Philosophy Word of the Day – Personalism

fleance7 wrote 3 weeks ago: Although it was only in the first half of the twentieth century that the term personalism became kno … more →

Tags: Philosophy, philosophy word of the day, age of enlightenment, collectivism, Depersonalizing, Determinism, Epistemology, ethics, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Cognitive Disability and its Challenge to Moral Philosophy

Spirit of our Time wrote 4 weeks ago: Readers of the blog who followed our Thinking in Action series of blog posts on the above-named conf … more →

Tags: Articles, Autism, Bioethics, Cognitive Disability, Community-University, Conference podcast, Disability and the Law, enhancement, Eugenics

Stupid Liberal!1 comment

Scipio wrote 1 month ago: Liberals like to play the stupid card even more than the race card. Patriotism may be the last refug … more →

Tags: Culture, Economics, Politics, Psychology

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard you say

Scipio wrote 1 month ago: I get called stupid at parties. It usually happens suddenly, during a conversation that I thought wa … more →

Tags: Culture, Politics, Psychology

Ethics, an eye-opener ...

Priya Gaur wrote 1 month ago: Ethics & Morality: Philosophy of Behavior, Choice, and Character By Austine Cline What are Ethic … more →

Tags: Mind's Eye, character, Goals, ethics, Morality, Society, Action, Choice

In defense of the last post...

Rice Cutgrass wrote 1 month ago: Friends, In defense of my last post: Somebody here has to present to highly-reasoned philosophical a … more →

Tags: Philosophy, ethics, Religion, conservatism, republicanism, True Republicanism, true conservatism, Plato's republic, Republic of Plato

more thoughts on veganism and well-being

thisfieldisrequired wrote 1 month ago: I was thrilled to receive this thoughtful comment on my last post on my vegan experiment: Comment fr … more →

Tags: Applied Ethics, ethics, ethics of food & eating, Food & Eating, Virtue Ethics, animal welfare, animals, character, Eating

Unfair prices and moral progress2 comments

Michael Giberson wrote 1 month ago: Michael Giberson Unfair Prices Daniel Little, at Understanding Society, asks about “Fair Price … more →

Tags: Economics, Energy Markets, Fairness, Gasoline Prices, moral psychology

Is Health Care a Right?

Jake wrote 1 month ago: Don Boudreaux says no. This parasitic attitude is the consequence of the chorus of pundits and polit … more →

Tags: Health Care, Right

Thoughts on the Influence of Ayn Rand

W. Jerome wrote 1 month ago: In Radicals for Capitalism, Brian Doherty credits three women with spearheading the limited governme … more →

Tags: libertarianism, Political Philosophy, Ayn Rand, Objectivism

what really is the rift that divides atheists?4 comments

thisfieldisrequired wrote 1 month ago: Just the other day, NPR published an article that got quite a bit of attention on Facebook: A Bitter … more →

Tags: ethics, Religion, Atheism, atheist, Christopher Hitchens, Epistemology, Morality, New Atheists, npr

A Matter of Honor

ballayne wrote 1 month ago: Honor is a word you don’t hear much anymore, but it is probably one of the most important comp … more →

Tags: Honor, duty, Integrity

What's Inequality Got to Do With it?1 comment

W. Jerome wrote 2 months ago: Egalitarians often point to wealth inequality as a sign that society is not doing enough to improve … more →

Tags: Social Justice, Political Philosophy, Education, Rawls, capitalism, inequality, Wealth, Will Wilkinson, pie

A Response to the Claim That I Am Insane8 comments

Joe Hargrave wrote 2 months ago: This is from my personal blog, a short exploration of the claim that many who are hostile to religio … more →

Tags: Atheism, Agnosticism, Arguments for God, morality without religion


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