Having just taught Aristotle’s ethics, I want to discuss an element of his ethical theory that I find plausible but lack a satisfactory account of […] Read More
Category: Discussions
Al, Betty, Carla, Dan, and Ed accept the claim, “Utilitarianism is true.” They accept it because they have been told it by their revered professor, […] Read More
The great discussion on the previous posting got so much off the topic that I thought I’d start another threat just on the interesting issue […] Read More
Here’s an interesting quote from Stephen Darwall’s entry on “Normativity” in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: On one popular view, morality is normative for action […] Read More
As everyone knows, I ‘Reealy’ like Scanlon’s What We Owe to Each Other. One good thing about the book is that every time you read […] Read More
Lately I’ve been thinking about taxonomy of philosophical views, especially in the area of normative ethics. Here’s a fragment of a common taxonomy of ethical […] Read More
In James Rachels’ famous article, “Active and Passive Euthanasia,” he argues that, if the only relevant difference between active and passive euthanasia is that the […] Read More
One of the best parts of Crisp’s book so far is the section on enjoyment. He is a hedonist about well-being – something increases your […] Read More
I’m currently reading Roger Crisp’s new book Reasons and the Good. For the most part it is admirably clear and bound to create critical reactions […] Read More