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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Monday, 27 September 2021

Space Exploration and Game Playing

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Recently SpaceX brought back four tourists from space. In this posting I want to examine what reasons could to given to support manned spa...

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Having Children, Happiness and Love

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In a posting in practical ethics David Edmonds suggests that having children might make people less happy. Simply bringing children into t...

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Achievement and the Value of Sport

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In a previous posting I have argued that participating in sport has instrumental value because it fosters certain virtues, see Nietzsche spo...

Wednesday, 17 March 2021

Mental Illness and Voluntary Euthanasia

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Canada’s House of Commons has passed a bill which would allow to euthanasia for people suffering from mental illness and a terminal cond...

Thursday, 11 February 2021

Aspiration

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People change over time. We become older, bigger and weaker. This posting isn’t concerned with physical changes but changes in what matter...

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Thursday, 14 January 2021

What do we mean by Evil?

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Few people seem to actively enjoy doing evil acts yet evil seems to be widespread. In this posting I will examine what we mean by evil in or...

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Against Tact

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Intuitively tact seems to be a virtue. I try to be tactful but recently have questioned whether I should continue to do so. Corina Stan arg...

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