594 research outputs found
Moral Error Theory and the Problem of Evil
Moral error theory claims that no moral sentence is (nonvacuously) true. Atheism claims that the existence of evil in the world is incompatible with, or makes improbable, the existence of God. Is moral error theory compatible with atheism? This paper defends the thesis that it is compatible against criticisms by Nicholas Sturgeo
The Boundaries of Liberalism in a Global Era: A Critique of John Stuart Mill
The following study examines three works of John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Utilitarianism, and Three Essays on Religion, and their subsequent effects on liberalism. Comparing the notion on individual freedom espoused in On Liberty to the notion of the social welfare in Utilitarianism, this analysis posits that it is impossible for a political philosophy to have two ultimate ends. Thus, Mill\u27s liberalism is inherently flawed. As this philosophy was the foundation of Mill\u27s progressive vision for humanity that he discusses in his Three Essays on Religion, this vision becomes paradoxical as well. Contending that the neo-liberalist global economic order is the contemporary parallel for Mill\u27s religion of humanity, this work further demonstrates how these philosophical flaws have spread to infect the core of globalization in the 21st century as well as their implications for future international relations
Sinister dane
Angst has a new name in the Midwest- Sinister Dane. Rage manifests itself in this biracial quartet from St. Louis, Mo., and they let their intensity shine on their self-titled debut
In defence of existence questions
Do numbers exist? Do properties? Do possible worlds? Do fictional characters? Many metaphysicians spend time and effort trying to answer these and other questions about the existence of various entities. These inquiries have recently encountered opposition: a group of philosophers, drawing inspiration from Aristotle, have argued that many or all of the existence questions debated by metaphysicians can be answered trivially, and so are not worth debating. Our task is to defend existence questions from the neo-Aristotelians' attacks
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