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]
Criticizing the Criticism: Some Reflections on Professional Academic Thought and Real Philosophy.
The essay “Echoes of the Future” has a publishing history that I would like to share here. As things stand currently, it will be published in its final version in the journal Borderless Philosophy, although an early version was published in installments here on APP. Part I can be found HERE, part II HERE, part … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #6–Speculative Naturalism, the Radical Enlightenment and Ecological Civilization.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the sixth … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #4–Apprehension.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the fourth and final installment. But you can read or download a .pdf … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #5–Reconfiguring the History of Philosophy After Kant.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the fifth … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #3–Transformation.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the third installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [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]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #4–Nihilism, Castoriadis, & The Radical Enlightenment.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the fourth … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #2–Postlude.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the second installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]
“Right-Wing Populism” and Other Cynical Plots to Use Leftist Rhetoric in Service of Right-Wing Goals.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: You can find out more about Andrew D. Chapman’s philosophical work and teaching, HERE. “Populism” is historically and by nature a left-wing ideology. This makes perfect sense, given the definitions of both “populism” and “leftism”—populism seeks to break down artificial hierarchical structures, to unite the people, and to return power to the … [continue reading]