Archive for February, 2014
Earlier today I posted an entry on how ethical dilemmas and moral disagreements can be caused by disagreement on the non-moral facts of a case, such that moral disagreements aren’t by themselves reasons to doubt the objectivity of morality, as the moral anti-realist holds; now seems a good time to explore the ways in which […]
anti-realism, ethical intuitionism, Ethics, G. E. Moore, metaethics, moral belief, moral disagreement, moral knowledge, moral realism, Morality, Philip Stratton-Lake, philosophy, Robert Audi, self-evidence, self-evident beliefs, the argument from disagreement, the is/ought gap
The Washington Post reports that the FDA has begun reviewing a process of canceling out genetically inherited diseases by creating embryos with three genetic parents. While the article explains the science and the history of the process quite well, it fails to go into detail about the “ethical issues” posed by such a process, though […]
benefit vs harm, disease, duty-based ethics, health, medical ethics, metaethics, moral disagreement, moral realism, Morality, philosophy, public health ethics, the argument from disagreement, the washington post, W.D. Ross
I tend to be skeptical of virtue ethics, on a metaethical level, due to the implausibility of attributing moral properties to persons – for me, moral properties seem like the sort of entity that might only obtain for actions and states of affairs – but Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood in House of Cards seems to […]
Ethics, Gilbert Harman, House of Cards, metaethics, moral explanations, moral knowledge, moral nihilism, moral observation, moral perception, moral properties, moral realism, moral skepticism, Morality, Nicholas Sturgeon, philosophy of science, supervenience, Virtue ethics
And so another “season” of House of Cards has flickered and flittered before my eyes in much the same way as the opening credits. If there is only one criterion for a passing grade for a sequel, it is that the sequel not repeat the successes of the original, which I am pleased to report […]
House of Cards, politics, review, TV show
Originally posted on jmeqvist:
Within western liberal democracies, the sin of hypocrisy is viewed as particularly pernicious. This is evidenced by the fact that if someone can be shown to have committed the sin of hypocrisy they are condemned and ignored. For example, I have recently ran into people who consider it to be hypocritical…
Oh, Valentine’s day, a time for romantic love and the celebration of lust. Like any other “holiday”, I think to myself, “what would Kierkegaard have to say about this day?” I think he would say, “Hey romantic love is great and all, but you really need to try out self-renouncing love, it’s really cool!” Alright, […]
Existentialism, humor, Kierkegaard, love, philosophy, Søren Kierkegaard, valentine's day
With Valentine’s day upon us, now seems a good time to touch on a metaethical view I have on the whole neglected: care ethics, a moral methodology based in love. It’s an interesting approach to morality arguing that the most basic and preliminary ethical relationship is between a mother and her child, such that our […]
care ethics, duties, duty-based ethics, emotions, Ethical Pluralism, Ethics, feminist ethics, love, moral dilemma, moral pluralism, moral reasons, Morality, partiality, philosophy, universality in ethics, valentine's day, Virtue ethics, W.D. Ross
One of the more interesting broad questions of metaethics is whether we can expect to craft moral theories that provide principles for right action that serve as guiding decision procedures. Moral pluralists argue that we can have a list of criteria for what makes actions right, but from there we must use practical judgment to […]
David McNaughton, deontology, duties, ethical intuitionism, Ethical Pluralism, Ethics, metaethics, moral particularism, moral pluralism, moral realism, moral reasons, Morality, philosophy, The Right and the Good, W.D. Ross
A few nights ago I watched “Margin Call”, a tight lipped drama about the unscrupulous actions that started the 2008 recession, starring Kevin Spacey (I can’t even begin to say how excited I am for the new season of House of Cards, definitely the most addicting show I’ve ever watched; in the movie as in […]
consumerism, dogs, House of Cards, Kevin Spacey, luxury, lyrics, margin call, movies, music
Among non-natural moral realists there is a fascinating debate over whether basic moral properties, such as the properties of ‘goodness’ and ‘rightness’, are simple or complex properties. It is a fruitful debate to have, particularly because it seems many objections to non-naturalism have been against non-naturalist views that posit that ‘good’ is a simple property, […]
anti-realism, complex property, David McNaughton, ethical intuitionism, Ethics, G. E. Moore, good, goodness, J.L. Mackie, metaethics, moral motivation, moral naturalism, moral non-naturalism, moral properties, moral realism, moral reductionism, Morality, natural property, natural vs. non-natural properties, naturalism vs non-naturalism, non-natural property, objectivity, Philip Stratton-Lake, philosophy, rightness, simple property, simple vs. complex properties, supervenience, the open question argument, W.D. Ross
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