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another stab at situationism6 comments

thisfieldisrequired wrote 2 days ago: I think maybe I explained situationism rather poorly back here in skepticism about moral character. … more →

Tags: ethics, moral character, moral psychology, Personality, Philosophy, Psychology, situationism

snapshots of moral character2 comments

thisfieldisrequired wrote 3 days ago: Here is my very late reply to Jim on skepticism about moral character. The short answer: No, in all … more →

Tags: ethics, moral character, moral psychology, character, moral character, Personality, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Psychology

skepticism about moral character5 comments

thisfieldisrequired wrote 2 weeks ago: The other day, my buddy Adam over at Sophistpundit wrote about Character. I was not surprised that, … more →

Tags: ethics, moral character, moral psychology, character, moral character, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Psychology

Foucault, Virtue, Second Nature, Scepticism

stockerb wrote 2 weeks ago: John McDowell suggests that Aristotle’s ethics are a forerunner of second nature in German Idealism, … more →

Tags: John McDowell, Michel Foucault

Agonism and Virtue in Foucault’s Ethics

stockerb wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m looking at Foucault’s work on antique ethics in History of Sexuality, as an agonistic virtue eth … more →

Tags: Michel Foucault

Virtue Engendered; or, Big States Breed Small Souls5 comments

acilius wrote 1 month ago: I found two highlights in this issue: a review of Michael Sandel’s Justice: What’s the R … more →

Tags: The Nation, Iraq, Small Is Beautiful, communitarianism

Virtue, Economy and the Self: 5 Links

stockerb wrote 1 month ago: My thoughts for this post came about in the most immediate sense from Will Wilkinson: a post at his … more →

Tags: Adam Smith, Aristotle, Will Wilkinson, Friedrich Nietzsche

Punking the BNP

nhelmgrovas wrote 1 month ago: K-Punk (aka writer Mark Fisher) writes about possible responses to the BNP on his blog: “Much of the … more →

Tags: Viewpoint, Morality, ethics, Narrative, racism, BNP, Mark Fisher, k-punk, identity

Humility, To Be Seen or Not to Be Seen, and the Imitation of Christ3 comments

tasersedge wrote 1 month ago:  “Never trust yourself to appear in public, unless you love solitude; to speak, unless you love sile … more →

Tags: Books, Social Justice, Ministry, Life, Religion, Philosophy, Theology, Bible, spirituality

In defense of the last post...

Rice Cutgrass wrote 2 months 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 2 months ago: I was thrilled to receive this thoughtful comment on my last post on my vegan experiment: Comment fr … more →

Tags: ethics, Applied Ethics, Food & Eating, ethics of food & eating, Eating, Philosophy, Moral, Moral Philosophy, vegetarian

Some Good Links: Persons, Ethics, Politics, Economy

stockerb wrote 2 months ago:   1.  Persons (and ethical agency) ‘The I in Me’..  Thomas Nagel reviews Galen Strawson’s  book … more →

Tags: Classical liberalism, republicanism, personal identity

TCM's Guide to: Virtue Ethics

Kyle A. Kiekintveld wrote 2 months ago: The Competent Man’s Guide to Virtue Ethics. Virtue Ethics are credited as a creation of Aristo … more →

Tags: Commentary, ethics, The Competent Man, Virtue, Aristotle

Summary of chapter 5: The moral fabric of medieval faith

Chris Armstrong wrote 2 months ago: This chapter will begin by opening up Lewis’s use of medieval understandings of natural law ov … more →

Tags: Medieval Wisdom for Modern Protestants, C. S. Lewis, Thomas Aquinas, Utilitarianism, Relativism, Abolition of Man, Mere Christianity, Aristotle, seven cardinal virtues

Curiosity as a Vice?

danitocchetto wrote 3 months ago: Moral philosophy has been recently shifting its attention to a classical view on ethics – virtue eth … more →

Tags: Viewpoint, ethics, Hume, Aristotle, kant, mill, Stanley Fish, Curiosity, Original Sin

You Can't Have Your Cake...

Joel wrote 3 months ago: Recently, there’s been quite a bit of outrage over the greed that corporations have shown, as … more →

Tags: Theology, Philosophy, Secular Culture, God, Christianity, obama, ethics, Congress, enron

Dealing With Intrinsic Human Value - Part 5 (Intrinsic Value of Humanity)

Joel wrote 4 months ago: Dealing with Intrinsic Human Value Prelude | Essence and Potentiality | Definitions | What is human? … more →

Tags: Intrinsic Human Value Series, Abortion, Philosophy, Humanity, ethics, intrinsic value, Stem Cell Research, intrinsic human value, value ethics

Stranger in a Strange Land: Living an Expatriate Faith 21 comment

expatminister wrote 4 months ago: What does it mean to be an expatriate? What does it mean to have an expatriate faith? All this week, … more →

Tags: Expat Faith, Stranger, Hospitality, gracefulness, Rowan Williams, Bible, formational practices

how not to think about cutting in line: a crash course in normative ethics 4 comments

thisfieldisrequired wrote 5 months ago: While I was at the IHS seminar last week, someone mentioned in passing the issue of whether or not i … more →

Tags: ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy, Utilitarianism, deontology, kant, Aristotle, John Stuart Mill, cutting in line


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