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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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...

Saturday, 21 April 2012

Tiberius and Realistic Optimism

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In this posting I want to question whether optimism is really a virtue. The type of optimism I want to consider is realistic optimism a...

Friday, 23 March 2012

Deceit and Unintentional Fathers

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Elizabeth Brake (1) argues that unintentional fathers do not have an obligation to support any children they father. She bases here argum...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Sport, Performance Enhancing Drugs and Character

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Julian Savulescu argues in a posting in Practical Ethics that “performance enhancement is not against the spirit of cycling; it is the ...

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Friday, 3 February 2012

Acting from Duty, Caring For

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In this posting I want to consider acting from duty. My starting point is an example given by Thomas Hurka. He asks us to imagine, “...

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Assisted Suicide and the Nationalisation of Morality

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The Commission on Assisted Dying published its final report on 05/01/12. This report suggests a framework which would permit people w...

Monday, 12 December 2011

Aspergers, Autism and Love

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In this posting I want to explore the way someone loves someone else on the autistic spectrum. This exploration is partly a personal...

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