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Notes and Thoughts on Moral Disagreement as Discussed in Parfit’s “On What Matters” Ch. 34Parfit Vs Basic Argument from DisagreementSuppose you and your counterpart are in ideal epistemic conditions. You are aware of and agree on all the non-normative facts yet your opinions differ on what the true moral belief is. In a way, we […]
Read More Parfit on Moral Disagreement: Part 2Notes and Thoughts on Parfit and Moral Disagreement (Ch. 34)IntroductionBefore getting into the philosophy, for those of you who aren’t familiar with the trolley thought experiments, answer these questions before proceeding:Trolly Q1: You are driver of a runaway tram which you can only steer from one narrow track on to another; five men are working […]
Read More Moral Disagreement Part 1: ParfitConflict Between the Ten Commandments and the Constitution and the People who Think the Two Can Be Appealed to for Public PolicyI’m supposed to be working on a paper but what I heard got me so worked up, I had to write something about it. NPR was broadcasting a debate between contestants in the Texas […]
Read More Rant: Conflict Between the Ten Commandments and the ConstitutionPreamble and Notes to the Reader People is always axin’ me (jk, lol, #thatneverhappens), why don’t you post your papers? The answer is that while, for the most part, I enjoy writing in my blog, for some reason I don’t like how my philosophy papers turn out. They seem sterile. Anyway, I’m posting this paper because it’s […]
Read More Critique of Kuhn: Scientific Revolutions and Semantic IncommensurabilityNotes and Thoughts on the Legal Issues Surrounding the Separation of Church and State in the Context of the Establishment ClauseOverviewSo, what’s the establishment clause? It’s the part of the first part of the first amendment that says “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of a religion”. The free exercise clause follows it […]
Read More Separation of Church and State Part 2: The Establishment Clause and Accommodationist PositionNotes and Thoughts on Parfit’s “On What Matters”, Vol. 2, Chapter on NormativityOh! Before we start…Welcome my 100th published post! That’s a lot of rambling…Thank you for reading my stuff. Here are a couple of fun facts about my blog: Total number of visits 6787Most visits in a month 548 in Feb 2012Strangest Stat: I’ve had […]
Read More Normativity and Misunderstandings: Parfit(apology–I haven’t proof read this yet)Yo, check it. I think I might actually have my paper topic for metaFX. Stop. That would be the best DJ name for a philosopher ever, DJ metaFX. Anyway, I is going to talk about whever der is such ting as normativity in reasons–that is, whether there’s such a ting […]
Read More Normative Truth: Good and Bad Reasons. (Parfit)Pre-ambleAs I mentioned in my previous entry, most of my posts from now until the end of the semester will be me (who else?) contemplating and trying out ideas for essays. Basically, I’m apologizing in advance for what might end up as “rambling”. For my philosophy of law paper I’m thinking of doing something about […]
Read More Separation of Church and State: The Lemon TestOk, it’s term paper season. This means my posts will become infrequent and the posts that I do make will be mostly me trying to figure stuff out for papers. Without further ado, lets get into my ramblings on Parfit’s notion of normative reasons.Background on Parfit’s Normative ReasonsIn contemporary meta-ethics people talk about “reasons for […]
Read More Random Notes On Moral Reasons (Parfit)Notes and Thoughts on “Tort Law and No-Fault Car Insurance” by Murphy and ColemanRecapIn the last post we were talking about tort laws and how they might apply to car accidents/the insurance industry. Recall that tort laws are laws about legal liability. The proposal is that a no-fault system better meets our standards for justice […]
Read More Crashing your Car and Eating it Too: Part 2. Tort Law and No-Fault Car Insurance
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