APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay re-published below was originally published in Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018). This installment contains section 3. But you can also read or download a .pdf version of the complete text HERE. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of Memory 3. Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and … [continue reading]
Author Archives: Robert Hanna
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #17–Schopenhauer’s Pessimism About The Meaning of Life.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]
Memory, “Alternative Facts,” and the Political Philosophy of Cognition, #2–Varieties of Memory.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay re-published below was originally published in Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018). This installment contains section 2. But you can also read or download a .pdf version of the complete text HERE. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of Memory 3. Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #16–Pascal’s Optimism About The Meaning of Life.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]
Memory, “Alternative Facts,” and the Political Philosophy of Cognition, #1–Introduction.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay re-published below was originally published in Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018). This installment contains section 1. But you can also read or download a .pdf version of the complete text HERE. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of Memory 3. Strong Non-Conceptualism and Radically Naïve Realism about Sense Perception and … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #15–Three Classical Worries About Kant’s Ethics, & An All-Things-Considered Conclusion About Normative Ethics.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #14–Kant’s Ethics of Persons & Principles: Ten Basic Ideas.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #13–Millian Utilitarianism, & Ten Big Problems For It.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #12–Four Worries about Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, & Contemporary Virtue Ethics.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #11–Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. The Standard Conception of Morality II.1 The Moral Question and The Meaning Question II.2 How Ethics Relates to Morality II.3 How Morality Relates to Rationality II.4 Six Famously Hard Cases III. Three Classical Challenges to the Standard Conception of Morality III.1 Moral Relativism III.2 Eight Logical Principles of Human … [continue reading]