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, 19 August 2014

Suicide, Happiness and Meaning

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The death of Robin Williams highlighted the prevalence of suicide in our society. In this posting I want to consider ways of reducing thi...

Monday, 21 July 2014

Superintelligence and Cognitive Enhancement

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My postings usually refer to practical matters but in this posting my concern is of little practical importance, at least in the near fut...

Thursday, 26 June 2014

Marrying for Love?

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In this posting I want to consider love and marriage. In the past couples who married, mostly stayed married, but in the last centu...

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Revenge and Justice

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Anders Herlitz asks whether revenge is an unjust necessity, see practical ethics . In his posting he suggests we have an innate desire t...

Thursday, 15 May 2014

Virtual Morality

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Mike LaBossiere asks whether we should behave morally to virtual beings. He wonders “whether or not we can have moral obligations to such...

Monday, 21 April 2014

Alzheimer’s and Suicide

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There is a new blood test which can predict with 90% accuracy whether someone will develop Alzheimer’s disease in the near future, see bi...

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...

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