G.E. Moore and the Naturalistic Fallacy
Justifying Moral Values Think about your most firmly held moral values. Now imagine that you have to justify them to
Mother Night and the Call for Sincerity
Howard Campbell is a fictional character in the Kurt Vonnegut novel, “Mother Night”. This text has its protagonist appear to
Keep An Eye on the Rearview
“History does not repeat, but it does instruct.” That’s Yale historian Timothy Snyder’s message in his new book On Tyranny:
You’re Probably Not as Ethical as You Think You Are?
Everyone is capable of committing unethical actions without even realizing what they are doing is unethical.
Reflecting Politics: Image Making and Falsities
Hannah Arendt was a mid-century German thinker that witnessed humanity at its worst. As a consequence, her writings carry a
David Hume and Deriving an “Ought” from an “Is”
Eighteenth century philosopher David Hume famously argued that inferences in which what we ought morally to do are derived from non-moral states of affairs are logically flawed. You cannot, according to Hume, derive an “ought” from an “is,” at least without a supporting “ought” premise.
Mitch McConnell is Ugly
Any philosophical answer you seek can be found in the writings of Fredriech Nietzsche. Many accuse him of a deep
Do Moral Facts Exist?
Virtually all non-psychopaths think murder is morally wrong. But what makes it so? Is the wrongness an objective fact, one
