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
Category: Discussions
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
Our US readers are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The inaugurators of this holiday conceived of it as a time for giving thanks to […] Read More
Talking of perhaps irrational features of the philosophical world, sometimes I’m worried that there are certain kinds of double standards in our community. What goes […] Read More
Expressivism, or more generally moral anti-realism, is an area of tremendous philosophical endeavor these days, despite being counterintuitive to plain persons and a research program […] Read More
After having contributed one whole substantive post to this blog, I’m now going to take selfish advantage of the power of this public forum to […] Read More
Advocates of moral dilemmas claim that there are possible cases in which no action open to an agent is morally permissible. If we translated this […] Read More
As we all know saving the differences is difficult. Distinguishing between realists and anti-realists is coming increasingly difficult. For me, this is a fascinating topic. […] Read More