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]
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What Can Philosophy Do For Humanity?, #2–Phildialogues, & Principled Negotiation + Participatory Decision-Making.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Phildialogues III. Principled-Negotiation-&-Participatory-Decision-Making IV. Kialo V. Meta-Kialo VI. Conclusion This installment contains sections II and III. You can also read or download a .pdf of the complete version of this essay HERE. II. Phildialogues Because it’s difficult, or even practically impossible, for spatially widely-distributed groups of people in many … [continue reading]
What Can Philosophy Do For Humanity? Phildialogues, Kialo, and Meta-Kialo, #1–Introduction.
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Phildialogues III. Principled-Negotiation-&-Participatory-Decision-Making IV. Kialo V. Meta-Kialo VI. Conclusion You can also read or download a .pdf of the complete version of this essay HERE. I. Introduction What can philosophy do for humanity? —Philosophy not only can but also should enable and guide us in daring to think, write, … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #3–How Ethics Relates to Morality.
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]
Natural Libertarianism: A New Theory of Free Agency.
You can also read or download a .pdf version of this essay HERE. The task [of understanding free agency] requires some reflection on the organizational principles of living creatures, for it is only through such reflection … that we can start to understand where the difference really lies between, on the one hand those things … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, #2–The Standard Conception of Morality: The Moral Question and The Meaning Question.
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]
Our Sociable Sociality, #5–“Louis, I Think This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship”: Camaraderie-&-Solidarity, Identity, and Utility, & Conclusion.
Table of Contents I. Introduction: How to Go Beyond The Mind-Body Politic II. They Fuck You Up: Families and Sociality III. There Is No Love: Intimacy and Sociality IV. Lonely Are the Brave and the Millennials: Friendships and Sociality V. “Louis, I Think This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship”: Camaraderie-&-Solidarity, Identity, and Utility … [continue reading]
MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION: A Short Course for Philosophically-Minded People, #1–Introduction.
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]
Our Sociable Sociality, #4–Lonely Are the Brave and the Millennials: Friendships and Sociality.
Table of Contents I. Introduction: How to Go Beyond The Mind-Body Politic II. They Fuck You Up: Families and Sociality III. There Is No Love: Intimacy and Sociality IV. Lonely Are the Brave and the Millennials: Friendships and Sociality V. “Louis, I Think This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship”: Camaraderie-&-Solidarity, Identity, and Utility … [continue reading]
How to Philosophize with a Hammer and a Blue Guitar, #6–Philosophical Blue Guitars, & Conclusion.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. What I Mean By “Philosophy,” “Politics,” and “Rational” 3. Philosophical Quietism and Philosophical Activism 4. Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism 5. How and Why All Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism are Rationally Unjustified and Morally Unacceptable 6. Eight Varieties of Philosophical Activism 7. How and Why the First Eight … [continue reading]