Wrestling with Philosophy

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Do I Have to Do What I Know Is Right? (Part 2)

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Preamble Lets do a quick and dirty summary of where we are so far in Kant's argument regarding obligations to act morally when we ...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Do I Have to Do What I Know Is Right? (Part 1)

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Intro Ramble: The Purpose of Philosophy in Morality It's funny how things work sometimes. After making my last post--"What P...

Friday, September 16, 2011

Is it Always Immoral to Commit Suicide?

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This is a short reflection I wrote for my Kant Seminar: Kant argues that making false promises and committing suicide are ...

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Is It Ever OK To Lie?

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Kant on Lying Preamble Recall that in Kant's moral philosophy acting morally is a matter of acting out of duty to the moral law. ...

Monday, August 29, 2011

If You Were Purely Rational, How Would You Behave?

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Chapter 2 How Can We Discover A Moral Law? One of the overarching goals of Kant's Metaphysic of Morals is that there is a moral la...

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Problems With The Golden Rule and Scantily Clad Women

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Unfinished Business (Sounds like a bad 80s action movie...) Before I continue with Kant I realised I forgot to make an important point ...

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