I think most philosophers nowadays take it for granted that there is a distinction between judgments about how things are and what we ought to do, and that claims of one type cannot be logically derived from nothing but statements of the other type–you’re going to need a premise in there of the form “if [...]
Category Archives: ethics
In defense of indoctrinating children
Posted by Chris Hallquist on December 8, 2009
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Robin Hanson announces that he thinks schools exist in large part for the sake of propaganda. I’m not shocked. Actually, I think propagandistic schooling is vital to the health of liberal democracy. Consider: think of every contact you’ve had with American political discourse, as well as every survey you’ve read that investigated American’s knowledge and [...]
Chris Mooney and essential properties.
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 31, 2009
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Over the weekend, I noticed a few things to bash Chris Mooney over, things that tie together in an important way. First: For instance, I wished I’d set aside purely scientific matters and remarked upon how intolerant it is for some Christians to contend that their particular scripture–to which not all of us subscribe–is a [...]
Marriage, morals, and the green-eyed monster
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 15, 2009
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Atheist perspectives on sexual morality Recently, I finally got around to picking up a copy of Bertrand Russell’s Marriage and Morals, the notorious book that played a major part of the campaign to get him barred from teaching in New York. I also had brought to my attention a Richard Dawkins piece on sexual jealousy [...]