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an informal philosophy blog by Gregg Shores

Tag: Nihilism

What is Morality, anyway?

If science is the truth about reality, how can there be morality? Moral responsibility seems incompatible with science. Human bodies … More

Alex Rosenberg, Bernard Williams, Cindy Sherman, E. O. Wilson, Jonathan Haight, Joshua Greene, Meta-ethics, Nihilism, Slavery, social insects

Nihilism? That could be exhausting!

What if we tried to pursue reality to the bitter end? Not to look for what we hope to find, … More

Alex Rosenberg, Atheism, Daniel Kahneman, David Brooks, Gregg Caruso, Leon Wieseltier, Michelle Goldberg, Nicholas Kristof, Nihilism, Patrick Deneen, Ross Douthat, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Steven Pinker, The Big Lebowski, The New Republic

Dialog on Morality, part III: Sail Away

Today, slavery is universally condemned as immoral, but until fairly recently, slavery was an accepted aspect of life. Most societies … More

Alex Rosenberg, Carter Gillies, Greil Marcus, Nihilism, Paul Boghossian, Racism, Randy Newman, Relativism, Slavery, Stanley Fish, The Stone
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