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an informal philosophy blog by Gregg Shores

Tag: Slavery

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

Scanlon at Berkeley, Part II. Being Realistic About Reasons

While hanging out in the philosophy library before the first of Tim Scanlon’s Townsend lectures, I finally got around to … More

Avrum Stroll, Barry Stroud, Carter Gillies, Harper Lee, Julian Baggini, Kant, Racism, Reasons, Relativism, Rick Lenon, Slavery, Tim Scanlon, UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Willi Baumeister, Wittgenstein

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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