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, 24 June 2010

Kupperman, the Milligram Experiment and Ethical Principles

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Joel Kupperman points out in that western philosophy mainly centres on rules and procedures based on principles whilst eastern philosophy ...

Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Aliens and Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking recently stated on the Discovery channel that alien life forms probably exists somewhere in the Universe and that we shoul...

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Velleman and Shame

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In this posting I want to examine the concept of shame. In particular I want to consider David Velleman’s ideas on shame. Velleman define...

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 ...

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