Intro to: “Modern Moral Philosophy”
David highlights several concepts from Anscombe’s landmark paper.
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Intro to: Value Realism
By Andy Xu Here, I will discuss the central ideas of value realism. Before I get to that, however, there are some general remarks to be made about philosophical realism. Philosophical realism consists in two general aspects: (1) existence and (2) independence. Existence means that “objects,” such as chairs, babies, men and women, all exist. […]
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By Trevor Brandt-Sarif (Harvard University) 1. Introduction You face a simple dilemma. An evil villain, Stella, has you captive on her Death-Star-like space station: either you take and ingest the Red Pill she is offering you, or she will destroy Earth. This Red Pill is a special belief pill, formulated by our villain herself. Ingest […]
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