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, 2 May 2017

Widespread Moral Enhancement

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In my last posting I examined whether we should morally bio-enhance psychopaths. I concluded that we should encourage such enhancement. ...

Monday, 10 April 2017

Psychopaths and Moral Enhancement

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Michael Cook questions whether psychopaths should be morally bio-enhanced. This posting will examine his question. In attempting to an...

Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Automation, Work and Education

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Our world is becoming increasingly automated and this increase appears to be having an effect on the number of jobs available. It is poss...

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Sex with Robots

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In the near future it seems probable that some people will have sex with robots, see the rise of the love droids . In this posting I will d...

Monday, 23 January 2017

Robots and Persons

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In an interesting post John Danaher asks if someone can be friends with a robot, see philosophicaldisquisitions . He argues virtue...

Monday, 21 November 2016

Cryonic Preservation and Physician Assisted Suicide

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Recently a terminally ill teenager won the right to have her body preserved by cryonics in the hope that she might live again at some fu...

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Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Nussbaum, Transitional Anger and Unconditional Forgiveness

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Charles Griswold argues that forgiveness is a kind of transaction and as a result there are certain conditions attached to the tra...

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