Wooler.Scottus

This blog is concerned with most topics in applied philosophy. In particular it is concerned with autonomy, love and other emotions. comments are most welcome

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Monday, 30 January 2023

Engaging with Robots

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In an interesting paper Sven Nyholm considers some of the implications of controlling robots. I use the idea of control to ask a different...

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Ecological Refugees

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Let us accept that global warming will lead to ecological damage and that in turn will lead to more refuges. In this posting I want to con...

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Angela's Wedding, Human Enhancement

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It is the first of May in 2122 and Angela and Ian are getting married on another warm sunny day in Ullapool. A century ago Ullapool was a ...

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Cholbi and Grief

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In his book on grief (1) Michael Cholbi argues that in the long term it is good to grieve. He concludes that grief serves a useful purpose...

Sunday, 4 September 2022

Is Loyalty an Outdated Virtue?

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We automatically assume loyalty matters and is a virtue. In this posting I will question this automatic assumption and will argue even if ...

Monday, 18 October 2021

Is the exercise of virtue constrained by respect for autonomy?

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I n this posting I want to examine the relationship between virtue and autonomy. In order to do so I will use Christian Miller’s ideas a...

Monday, 27 September 2021

Space Exploration and Game Playing

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Recently SpaceX brought back four tourists from space. In this posting I want to examine what reasons could to given to support manned spa...

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