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, 24 March 2010

The Privatisation of Marriage

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In his paper “What Lies Beyond Same Sex-Marriage” Andrew March argues for the privatisation of marriage (2010, Journal of Applied Philosophy...

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Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Trout and Autonomy

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In this posting I want to consider the way individual autonomy interacts with a proposed expansion of the domain of our natural empathy as s...

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

The Knobe Effect and Brutality

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In this posting I want to consider one of the most famous findings in experimental philosophy. In 2003 Joshua Knobe discovered there is an a...

Saturday, 30 January 2010

"Caring about" ill persons

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In chapter 2 of her book (illness, 2008, Acumen) Havi Carel discusses the attitude of others towards her illness; this is an excellent book ...

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Patient Advocacy and Caring

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In this posting I want to explore the idea of caring further in a nursing context. It is now common to talk of nurses of not just caring for...

Thursday, 3 December 2009

The Domain of Political Apology

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We live in an age of apparent forgiveness. In this age all sorts of organisations such as governments, corporations, universities and even c...

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Forgiveness and Narrative

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If someone asks for forgiveness Griswold argues she must take responsibility for her harmful actions ( Forgiveness , Cambridge University Pr...

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