Sometimes you wonder whether your own philosophical convictions block your ability to fairly evaluate the arguments of others. In my case, my anti-relativism is one […] Read More
Category: Discussions
Below Matt Zvolinski argued that in teaching and researching applied ethics systematic moral theory should play only a small role and can even be confusing […] Read More
There is an intuitionistic view in Metaethics that is often ridiculed (Mackie is a good laugh at this point, so is Blackburn). Already for that […] Read More
The following are some thoughts I’ve been mulling over in anticipation of a lecture I will be giving at CSU Long Beach’s Applied Ethics Center […] Read More
WOW. I’m so thankful and taken about being asked to become a contributor. I promise to try not to clutter the blog with my postings […] Read More
This got to be too long to be a comment on Michael C’s post. People sometimes criticize utilitarianism for being "inapplicable," or for entailing that […] Read More
Normative theories are occasionally criticized for being esoteric. A theory T is esoteric iff (T is true (or correct, or superior to its rivals, etc.), […] Read More
My previous formulation of TCR, left something to be desired. Here’s what I hope is a better formulation: TCR: (1) S has better reason to […] Read More
I am an advisor to a student organization at my campus, and in order to recharter the organization, I recently had to sign a document […] Read More