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Michael Sandel's Harvard Lecture on Moral

rizkiaffiat wrote 1 week ago: Watch it on Academic Earth Lecture Description Part 1 – The Moral Side of Murder: If you had t … more →

Tags: Politics, People, Philosophical, Justice

Utilitarianism: What is it? Why does it not work?

theophilogue wrote 1 week ago: The following is a mixture of my own thoughts and thoughts from “The Moral Course of Thinking … more →

Tags: ethics, modern ethics, Moral Theology, Morality, normative theories, normative theories of ethics, Peter Singer, the utilitarian factor, utilitarian ethics

Does Fundamentalism Induce Moral Idiocy? Or, Does It Attract it?1 comment

Thaddeus Dombrowski wrote 2 weeks ago: I am an atheist, although I sometimes waver between atheism and agnosticism.  I can entertain the no … more →

Tags: Religion, Science, agnostic, Atheism, atheist, Belief, Bible, Christ, Christianity

Resolving the Riddle: A Second Simple Note in Ontology & Epistemology (Or, There is No Necessary Theist vs Atheist Conflict)

drsubrotoroy wrote 3 weeks ago: From Facebook: A few days ago, I said: “For myself, I have come to a belief that the Universe was ne … more →

Tags: Science, Religion, Literature, Islam, Sigmund Freud, Philosophy, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Good and Evil, Metaphysics (Ontology)

More Scandal – Should We Care?

Tauriq Moosa wrote 3 weeks ago: Joost van der Westhuizen, a former Springbok scrumhalf, has admitted to being the man caught on tape … more →

Tags: Reason, Social criticism, Angus Buchan, Celebrities, Joost van der Westhuizen

10 ethical questions to ask yourself before closing the sale5 comments

LuAnne Speeter wrote 1 month ago: I was asked to bid on a marketing project yesterday. While preparing the bid, I found that I needed … more →

Tags: ethics, Checklist, marketing ethics, Customer Testimonials, business ethics, Stages of Moral Development, Business Excellence, business values, sales ethics

How to hug a hoodie...

policyphilosopher wrote 1 month ago: A project to tackle gang violence where the emphasis is on moral reasoning with gang members, detail … more →

Tags: Crime, Criminal Justice, Gang Violence, gangs, glasgow, "Hug a hoodie", law enforcement, social deprivation

Prolog Kekerasan

rizkiaffiat wrote 1 month ago: Tak pelak lagi kekerasan yang mengisi sejarah panjang peradaban umat manusia adalah sebuah paradoks … more →

Tags: All in the mind, human (memanusia), Kekerasan

Harvard Philosopher on the Today Show

fleance7 wrote 2 months ago: Harvard philosophy professor Michael Sandel appeared on the Today Show this morning, and got four mi … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Interview, Open Culture, Education, Harvard University, michael sandel, Professor, Today Show, Lectures

Wright Is Wrong16 comments

Jim wrote 3 months ago: “Compatibility” is something for which there’s always a market but which never produces a good produ … more →

Tags: Current Events, Debate, Morality, Religion, Science, Compatibilism, compatibility, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

Evolution Does Not Morally Obligate Us to Be Vegetarians5 comments

Jim wrote 4 months ago: I don’t have a lot of time to listen to all the podcasts to which I’m subscribed, so I o … more →

Tags: Debate, Morality, Current Events, Evolution, reasonable doubts, Podcast, doubtcast, Peter Singer, vegetarian

RadioLab, Evolved Morality, and Empathy

adajos wrote 4 months ago: My last post covered some intersting moral dilemmas given in the “Morality” RadioLab pod … more →

Tags: Morality, RadioLab

RadioLab Train Moral Dilemmas

adajos wrote 4 months ago: One of the consistently best podcasts I listen to is RadioLab, by WNYC.  It covers many science and … more →

Tags: Morality, RadioLab

Raise your marketing to a higher moral ground

LuAnne Speeter wrote 4 months ago: What do we expect out of our audience and our marketing? Should the message appeal to the lowest com … more →

Tags: Strategy, Case Study, Motivation, rationale, ethics, Brand Marketing, conscientious marketing, marketing ethics, Altruism

Why, the little lady can think!1 comment

absurdbeats wrote 6 months ago: Enough with the constant bitching about male pronunciamentos on abortion. Not that they can’t … more →

Tags: Politics, Killing, sex, Abortion, Feminism, Amy Welborn, Women, Innocence, self-defense

A Place for Scientific Explanation in Moral Reasoning

Liza wrote 7 months ago: Some people argue with their parents about God, some about politics.  In my family, because I a … more →

Tags: Morality, fact/value distinction, scientific explanation, deontology, virtue theory, consequentialism, Evolutionary Psychology, is/ought gap

A Post that Demands Refutation7 comments

hambydammit wrote 7 months ago: A post from Uncommon Descent demands refutation.  I’ll be quoting it in its entirety, with my … more →

Tags: Atheism, Morality, Human Nature, theist morality, atheist morality, moral instinct, evolutionary origins of morality

Burn the armchair1 comment

J.R. Atwood wrote 7 months ago: Brooks claims that advances in cognitive science are bringing about “The End of Philosophy … more →

Tags: Think, Etc, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Emotion, Philosophy, david brooks, Morality, Aesthetics

Brooks on Morality1 comment

Joseph Smidt wrote 7 months ago: David Brooks is one of my  favorite columnists.   He wrote a column today entitled The End of Philos … more →

Tags: Opinion, Morality, david brooks, Philosophy, Evolution, Altruism


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