Merry Moral Monday! Several of us—JustHeath included—here at Philosophy Matters are purveyors of the British science fiction series Doctor Who. In fact, J J Sylvia, the founder of the website, has even written a very good chapter in a centered on the philosophy of the television program. This past Saturday night, I happened to catch… Continue reading Moral Monday: The Wedding of River Song
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Moral Monday: Communicating Peas
You’ve probably heard of the moral arguments against eating meat, but here’s a new one: When it comes to a plant, it turns out to be not only a what but also a who — an agent in its milieu, with its own intrinsic value or version of the good. Inquiring into justifications for consuming… Continue reading Moral Monday: Communicating Peas
Introducing Moral Monday: The Sadistic Guard
NPR recently published an interesting article on the psychology of fraud. The article essentially argues that when we’re thinking about a decision from one point of view, such as business, we can forget to consider other points of views, like ethics: Essentially, Tenbrunsel argues, certain cognitive frames make us blind to the fact that we… Continue reading Introducing Moral Monday: The Sadistic Guard