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, 15 August 2017

Good Government, Democracy and Referendums

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Government is an ongoing process. Any single referendum aimed at making a binding decision on some issue is not an ongoing process. Any...

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

Charlie Gard and Experimental Treatment for Children

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Until recently I assumed without much reflection that it would be best if Charlie Gard was allowed to die peacefully. After some r...

Wednesday, 7 June 2017

Autonomy and Beneficence

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In this posting I want to investigate what we mean by autonomy and the relationship between autonomy and beneficence. I will firstly exami...

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...

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