Re: Putnam’s Introduction to Ethics Without Ontology In this post, I’ll briefly discuss the main moves made by Putnam in the introductory chapter. I’ll focus […] Read More
Author: Kris McDaniel
Hi Friends, I’ll be reading Putnam’s relatively new book, Ethics without Ontology over the next month, and will post summaries and commentaries on each […] Read More
Does it make sense to say that someone would have been better off, had he never been born? Jim was born with a disease that […] Read More
We frequently say: “he has a good life” and use this expression (pace: Shelly Kagan) interchangeably with “he is well-off”. When someone is doing poorly, […] Read More
Rambling post alert! Over at Kieran Setiya’s interesting blog, there is a discussion about the meaning of life. Here’s the link: http://ideasofimperfection.blogspot.com/2005/11/what-does-it-all-mean-i.html#comments Here’s some of […] Read More
Sometimes moral philosophers engage in genuine debate. Sometimes, however, it turns out the apparent debate is merely verbal; the philosophers do not disagree about the […] Read More