Tooley says that to defend the potentiality principle would require us to say that in a world in which kittens could be injected to become rational animals December 2, 2016 Read More »
In philosophy of mind, Mary’s Room is a thought experiment meant to demonstrate the non-physical nature of mental states. It is an example meant to highlight the knowledge argument against physicalism December 1, 2016 Read More »
We have discussed three main approaches to justice in ethics and political philosophy: utilitarianism (Bentham and Mill), right-based approaches (including Rawls, libertarians such as Nozick, and Kant’s ethics), and communitarianism (Sandel, MacIntyre November 28, 2016 Read More »
It is only knowledge produced with difficulty that we truly value. ” To what extent do you agree with this statement November 25, 2016 Read More »
Plato and Augustine both have arguments regarding whether or not it is ever just to break the law. In the Crito, at 50a-54e November 15, 2016 Read More »
Describe in your own terms the different ways in which the term “happy” might be used, and explain the distinction between psychological and welll-being concepts of happiness August 18, 2016 Read More »