Atheist Ethicist

I am in the middle of a series on the subject of "excuses" - explaining how desirism accounts for the different types of excuse....

I am applying desirism to the moral concept if excuse to show how desirism gives us a working theory of excuse. Desirism hold that desi...

This week, over at the desirism wiki , I will be adding several pages fleshing out the moral concept of an excuse. Desirism has a lot to say...

In my wiki on desirism I am seeking to explain how desirism handles various elements of our moral experience. Yesterday, I argued that an e...

One of the claimed strengths of desirism is its ability to explain the elements of our moral life such as non-obligatory permissions, super...

I propose that one of the strengths of desirism is the way it handles various features of our moral life. In saying this, I am not saying t...

There will be a section in the Desirism wiki I am creating that will compare the claims of desirism to those of a number of philosophers. ...

In my last post, I presented a general theory of value and claimed that all value-laden terms can be represented by that theory. In this...

I am continuing my work on my Desirism Wiki . I figure it really does need a place for a general theory of value. Desirism is built on a ...

I am continuing to use this blog to construct the first draft of text that will go in to a wiki on Desirism Here is a look at what desiris...

How are "ought" statements handled according to desirism? I am in the first week of a project of rebuilding a Desirism wiki . An...

I am rebuilding my desirism wiki . I am doing so by submitting here (for your review and comment) the text that I will be adding over there ...

I need to get started on a project that I have been putting off for far too long - a site that summarizes desirism and the conclusions that ...

As your (pseudo) elected representative, I promise that I will read the polls and I will use them as an important guide to how I vote. In ...

Conservative, Liberal, Libertarian, Progressive, Democrat, Republican The instant you start a political campaign, people will try to put ...