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, 30 September 2010

Valid Consent, Good Consent and Asymmetric Competence

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In this posting I want to consider the topic of informed consent. Eric Chwang is interested in the difference between the standard need...

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

The Decriminalisation of Drugs

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Ian Gilmore, former president of the Royal College of Physicians, and one of the UK's leading doctors has argued that the government sho...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Velleman, Guilt and Love

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David Velleman defines guilt as anxiety about being in an indefensible position which means one might be cut off from social interaction...

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

Prisoners serving Life Sentences and Assisted Suicide

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In his posting on practical ethics Shlomit Harrosh connects the rights of death row inmates in certain states of the USA to choose the met...

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...

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