By: Daniel Tippens A heated debate has arisen since the rise of moral psychology as a scientific discipline. Moral psychology examines, descriptively, how we come to make moral judgments and have moral intuitions (these two terms I will henceforth use interchangeably). Some thinkers argue that normative ethics — the study of what we morally ought to do — can be […]
The second of my two-part conversation with our own David Ottlinger on Classical Liberalism and its fortunes in the US. Originally aired on January 23, 2017, on the Sophia program on MeaningofLife.TV, part of the BloggingHeads.TV network
by Daniel A. Kaufman The first of two conversations with our own David Ottlinger on Classical Liberalism and American Society. Here, we go into some depth on what Classical Liberalism is and how it is expressed in the work of its two most foundational thinkers: John Locke and John Stuart Mill. In our second conversation, we focus on Classical Liberalism […]
by Daniel A. Kaufman One of the most fundamental values of a liberal society, beyond that of freedom of speech, is liberty of conscience. One’s thoughts are one’s own prerogative and are thus, rightfully kept private, if one wishes it. The intrusion upon that mental landscape is the ultimate wrong that the state can do to the individual, and to […]
by Mark English P.D.Q. Bach was the youngest and oddest of J.S. Bach’s many children. His best known work is probably the dramatic oratorio, Oedipus Tex, featuring the “O.K. Chorale.” Another of his works is the Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons. Peter Schickele, Professor of Musicology and Musical Pathology at the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople, who […]
E. John Winner **In the following discussion, I am indebted to a paper written by Brian Eggleston, when he was an undergraduate systems analysis student at Stanford University. [1] Much of the recent interest in the idea that we all might be living in a computer simulation, run by an advanced civilization, arises from an argument put forth by Nick […]
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