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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Thursday, 19 June 2008

Autonomy and Caring Revisited

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In this posting I want to examine whether an ethics based on empathic caring is possible and the relationship between empathic caring and...

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Moral Insanity

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In this posting I want to examine the moral implications raised by the behaviour of the Austrian man Josef Fritzl who imprisoned and sexuall...

Friday, 16 May 2008

Justified Anger and Empathy

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This posting is concerned with justified anger. It is partly a response to Chapter 5 of Nancy Sherman’s “Stoic Warriors” (1). It is all ...

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Genetic Enhancement and the bondage of future people by present people

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In chapter 8 of “Enhancing Evolution” Harris considers the view of Habernas that the use of genetically enhancing technologies might involve...

Monday, 14 April 2008

Cognition Enhancing Drugs

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John Harris argues it would not be wrong to use cognition enhancing drugs such as Ritalin in order to obtain good grades in examinations...

Tuesday, 25 March 2008

Practical Rationality

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In chapter 7 of “The Ethics of Care and Empathy” Slote questions whether the concept of practical rationality is a meaningful concept. In th...

Friday, 22 February 2008

Caring, Empathy and Love

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Michael Slote argues we must choose between care ethics and traditional liberalism’s ideas of autonomy. He argues liberal Kantian autonom...

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