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, 18 June 2020

Games, Sport and Drugs

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In this posting I want to examine the links between games, sport and performance enhancing drugs. Hopefully this examination will shed so...

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Coronavirus Passports

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The Covid-19 pandemic lockdown has caused great damage to the way people lead their lives and the economy. It is in the interests of b...

Friday, 1 May 2020

Locking Down the Elderly

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Julian Savulescu and James Cameron argue that a policy which locked down the elderly whilst allowing greater freedom to younger people du...

Thursday, 23 April 2020

Inner Virtue and Private Racist Thoughts

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In this posting I want to consider Nicolas Bommarito’s idea of inner moral virtue. In doing so I want to examine whether our purely pri...

Monday, 23 March 2020

Stoicism, Covid-19 and Fortitude

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The pandemic caused by the covid-19 virus raises many ethical concerns. In this posting I won’t consider these concerns directly but inst...

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Passive Aggression

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In this posting I want to investigate the harm caused by passive aggression. However there can also be some benefits of passive aggression a...

Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Love me for a reason

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Love is all around us, love matters to us and we value loving and being loved, but why love matters so much to us isn’t immediately clear. I...

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