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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Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Shame and Character

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It is sometimes assumed that shame is an unnecessary emotion. In this posting I want to challenge this assumption. I will argue that sham...

Thursday, 15 May 2014

Virtual Morality

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Mike LaBossiere asks whether we should behave morally to virtual beings. He wonders “whether or not we can have moral obligations to such...

Monday, 2 December 2013

What do we mean by true self?

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In this posting I want to examine what we mean by true self, indeed even wether the concept is a meaningful one. Buddhists and David Hume...

Monday, 4 March 2013

The Obese and Two Types of Shame

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Daniel Callahan calls for an “edgier” strategy in order to reduce obesity levels in the United States (1). One element of his suggeste...

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Guilt, Shame and Society

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According to Max Wind-Cowie shame should be liberated rather than legislated for. By this I take Wind-Cowie to mean that shame should pl...

Monday, 21 May 2012

Damaging Self-Love, Pride and Shame

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In the New Scientist of 28/04/12 Laura Spinney examines whether too high self esteem damages us. Self-love is related to though not ident...

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