An Elaboration on the Nature of Law as a Subset of Ethicshttps://xenisa.github.io/law-subset.html
of modern subjectivist philosophy, where insofar as ethics is even thought about it is dismissed out of hand as a mere description of what people want to do. But of course, saying
A worrying tendency exists among libertarians, where it is often said that law is not a subset of ethics. In other words, these libertarians claim that there is such a thing as a c
The Nature of Hegel's Spirit, by Andy Blunden. July 2007https://ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/works/hegels-spirit.htm
of Hegel’s philosophy cannot simply dispose of his notion of “Spirit”; as the substance of Hegel’s philosophy, it must be criticised and transcended. A tri
A Rational Critique of Ayn Rand's Objectivismhttps://zerocontradictions.net/misc/critiquing-ayn-rands-objectivism
Objectivist Political Philosophy 8.1. The True Purpose Of Government And Rights 8.2. Freedom Is Not An Objective Concept 8.3. The Power Structure Of Collective Entities 8.4. A Fie
This essay extensively critiques, quotes, and refutes the errors within Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism, with links to external sources for elaboration.
When a Fallacy is Not a Fallacyhttps://arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/fallacy.htm
in traditional Western philosophy. As I discuss in another work , modern symbolic logic does not adequately capture all the richness and comprehensiveness of classical logic, so t
Communitarianismhttps://ethicalpolitics.org/blackwood/communitarianism.htm
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , 4 October 2001 Communitarianism Modern-day communitarianism began in the upper reaches of Anglo-American academia in the form of a critical re
Critique of Humanistic Psychotherapyhttps://arcaneknowledge.org/science/psychotherapy.htm
undermined the fatalist philosophy upon which most forms of Hinduism rest. Similarly, we cannot consider humanistic psychotherapy to be respectful of Christianity, if it insists t
The Fallacies of Moralism and Moral Aestheticismhttps://friesian.com/poly-1b.htm
suchen. In Kant's moral philosophy, the idea of duty is presented with a severity that it repels all graces and might tempt a weak intellect to seek moral perfection by taking the
The City of Godhttp://JesusisTheChrist.today/civitas_dei.htm
- Political Philosophy 101 According to the Bible http://Anarcho-Theocracy.com/origin.htm Because the Bible proclaims a rival Polis , it is deemed "anarchist" by the Cit
Gnosticism from a Non-Voegelinian Perspective, Part III (Gnosticism in Modern Scholarship) | The Brussels Journalhttps://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4461
Hans Jonas studied philosophy under Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger , and theology under Rudolf Bultmann . Jonas was particularly associated with Heidegger until, in 1933, Hei
Hedonism as conceived by a digial zombiehttps://www.utilitarianism.com/chatgpt/hedonism.html
topic in ethical philosophy and the philosophy of mind for thousands of years and continues to be influential today." What distinguishes philosophical hedonism from hedonistic uti
Why It's So Difficult To Change People's Mindshttps://zerocontradictions.net/epistemology/difficult-to-change-minds
speaking, people want philosophy to affirm their existing assumptions, not challenge them. So, some people treat philosophy as a rationalization game, not as a quest. Most people
Belief networks, selective attention and blind spots, echo chambers, censorship, identities, and genetic differences make it difficult to change people's minds.
Negative utilitarianism as conceived by ChatGPT-4https://www.utilitarianism.com/chatgpt/negative-utilitarianism.html
include: Ancient Greek philosophy: Epicureanism, founded by Epicurus, emphasized the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain. While not strictly negative utilitarian, Epicur
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