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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Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Gratitude and the Emotions

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Recent research has shown that wisdom and gratitude go hand in hand suggesting it makes sense to be grateful, see is it wise to be gratef...

Monday, 24 February 2014

The Structure of Love and Anti-Love Drugs

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Brian Earp wonders whether it might be right for someone in certain situations to take an anti-love drug, see should we take anti love dr...

Monday, 10 February 2014

Effectiveness Enhancement and Motivational Enhancement

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Hannah Maslen asks the question as to whether there is an important difference between the enhancement of effectiveness and the enhance...

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Meaning and Happiness

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In a recent posting in practical ethics Hannah Maslen considers happiness meaning and well-being . Let us accept that happiness and meani...

Thursday, 9 January 2014

Pharmacological Moral Enhancement

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Joao Fabiano asks us to imagine that in the future humanity makes a major breakthrough, see Practical Ethics . He imagines that society...

Monday, 2 December 2013

What do we mean by true self?

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In this posting I want to examine what we mean by true self, indeed even wether the concept is a meaningful one. Buddhists and David Hume...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Prisoners serving Life Sentences and Voluntary Euthanasia

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In previous postings I have suggested that prisoners serving life sentences have a right to be assisted to commit suicide, see Prisoners ...

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