Philosophy
Housekeeping FYI: Bibliographical Information For My Two Peer-Reviewed and Published Articles
“The Fact of Diversity and Reasonable Pluralism,” Journal of Moral Philosophy 6 (2009), 70 – 93.
Abstract:
Contemporary society involves a number of different persons, groups, and ways of life that are deeply divided and very often opposed on fundamental matters of deep concern. Today, many contemporary philosophers regard this ‘fact of diversity’ as a problem that needs to [...]
A Kind of Love Letter and Fair Thee Well to New Zealand
NB: I wrote this a couple of years ago. I think what I say here about Kiwis may apply more generally than I first thought. It may also be the work of someone who doesn’t quite get another person or group of persons because he fails to understand him, her, and/or them on their own [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )What should I do with my life? A plausible answer.
Poverty is one of the primary causes of suffering.
So,
1) I will pursue an end which allows me to accumulate wealth and I will transfer some of it to a person living in poverty and/or to a person or organization working to eliminate poverty. The end I pursue will not itself directly contribute to suffering.
2) or, [...]
An Account of Life & Recommendations for Living
Preface
In what follows, I offer an account of life and some recommendations for living. No necessary relationship exists between the account and the recommendations. A person can accept the account and not the recommendations, accept the recommendations and not the account, or accept elements of both. Nothing in this account or its recommendations is original [...]
Making Sense of Political Debate
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Humans love to name things. From an early age, we leave our mark on the world, attempt to control it, and even demonstrate our allegiance to others by naming and agreeing to be named. Unfortunately, names aren’t the powerful tools we sometimes imagine them to be. To name a thing does not give us control [...]
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