Atheist Ethicist

A view of right and wrong, good and evil, in a universe without gods.

Thursday, March 02, 2017

On the Neuroscience of Reward and Punishment and the Harming vs. Not-Aiding Distinction

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179 days until the first class. Last Thursday, February 23, I was able to attend one of the Philosophy 5100 class sessions. In that sessio...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

The Journey to Graduate School Officially Begins

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186 days until the first class . . . And, the process for admission officially began today. When I received my admittance letter in 2016, ...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Emotion and Morality

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188 days until the first class. Sometimes, I have my doubts about my ability to do this whole philosophy thing and whether I can get into ...
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Monday, February 20, 2017

Some Thoughts on Moral Luck

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189 days until classes start. I have not been posting to the frequency that I should. I need to be writing more - even if it means reading...
Monday, February 13, 2017

The Value of an Interest

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196 days until the start of class. Nervousness abounds. In my continuing work in the one class I am "auditing", I have continu...
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Friday, February 10, 2017

The Impossibility of Consequentialism

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198 days until the first class. Work has gotten exceptionally busy these days, and I am coming to resent its ability to cut into my abilit...
Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Belief, Justification, and the Coming War with China

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208 days until classes start. If we live that long. I have been spending the last day contemplating the proposition that a war between t...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The Hitleresque Plan for War with China

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209 days until class . . . I have been distracted somewhat in the past week - studying the history of events that lead up to the Civil War...
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Monday, January 30, 2017

What Does Evolutionary Theory Debunk?

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210 days until the first class . . . . As I have gone through the readings for Philosophy 5100 - Contemporary Moral Theory - I have expres...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

The Right to Freedom of Speech: The Case of Punching a Nazi

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On or near January 20, 2017, Richard Spencer was speaking before a camera when an activist punched him in the head and walked away. This set...
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On the Beliefs that Evolutionary Theory can Debunk

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In 214 days, classes start. Yes, I am nervous. I have been focusing on my faux taking of Philosophy 5100: Contemporary Moral Theory - ke...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Moral Judgments vs. Attitudes of Cooperation

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219 days until classes start. The reading assignment for PHIL 5110: Contemporary Moral Theory was Richard Joyce, "The evolutionary de...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Realism About Desires

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220 days until the first class. I have just posted my second longish paper over at the desirism group on Facebook. This one, entitled ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Sharon Street, "A Darwinian Dilemma for Realist Theories of Value"

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I have finished the first reading assignment for Phil 5110: Contemporary Moral Theory: Sharon Street, "A Darwinian Dilemma for Realist ...

PHIL 5110: Contemporary Moral Theory

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222 days until the start of classes. Or . . . 0 days, depending on how you look at it. In looking at the University of Colorado course l...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Darius I: King of Persia

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227 days until the start of class. In the realm of philosophical progress, I posted an updated version of a response to Hume's Is/Ough...
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Alonzo Fyfe
When I was in high school, I decided that I wanted to leave the world better off than it would have been if I had not existed. This started a quest, through 12 years of college and on to today, to try to discover what a "better" world consists of. I have written a book describing that journey that you can find on my website. In this blog, I will keep track of the issues I have confronted since then.
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