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Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Angela's Wedding, Human Enhancement

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  It is the first of May in 2122 and Angela and Ian are getting married on another warm sunny day in Ullapool. A century ago Ullapool was a ...
Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Cholbi and Grief

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  In his book on grief (1) Michael Cholbi argues that in the long term it is good to grieve. He concludes that grief serves a useful purpose...
Sunday, 4 September 2022

Is Loyalty an Outdated Virtue?

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  We automatically assume loyalty matters and is a virtue. In this posting I will question this automatic assumption and will argue even if ...
Monday, 18 October 2021

Is the exercise of virtue constrained by respect for autonomy?

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  I n this posting I want to examine the relationship between virtue and autonomy.   In order to do so I will use Christian Miller’s ideas a...
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...