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, 9 April 2015

Love and Addiction

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Love or some forms of love can be seen as a type of addiction. It is suggested by Brian Earp, Olga Wudarczyk, Bennett Foddy and Julian Sa...

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Meaning and the Midlife Crisis

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In this posting I want to investigate the midlife crisis and use my investigation to examine what is meant by having meaning in life. The...

Monday, 9 February 2015

Enhancing Soldiers

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In this posting I want to consider the enhancement of soldiers. Such enhancement raises some serious ethical concerns. Concerns such as,...

Monday, 26 January 2015

Tiberius, Well-being, Meaning and Love

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There are two main types of philosophical and psychological theories of well-being. Firstly there are subjective theories based on people...

Thursday, 11 December 2014

Disgust, the Emotions and Morality

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In this posting I want to use disgust to examine the connection between morality and the emotions. Jesse Prinz argues that our emotions d...

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Meaning, Love and Happiness

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In this posting I want to examine the relationship between meaning, love and happiness. Most psychologists seem to believe that there is ...

Thursday, 23 October 2014

Existential threats, Enhancement and Enfranchisement

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Many of my postings deal with enhancement. Enhancement is important for two reasons. Firstly some people believe being enhanced will bene...

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