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The Utilitarian Stance Section 1: The Pursuit of “Pleasure”

x Bookmark The Utilitarian Stance Jason Zarri ~ Section 1 ~ The Pursuit of “Pleasure”: What Utilitarianism Could Not Be There are many things that people strive to obtain: Wealth, power, jobs, friends, material goods, loving relationships… . Is “pleasure” one of them? Well, if by ‘pleasure’ one simply means pleasant experiences, I think the more »

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Is Same-Sex Marriage Already Constitutional?

x Bookmark Scott Ryan has a new essay in Philosophy, Is Same-Sex Marriage Already Constitutional?

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Objective Idealism and Ethics

x Bookmark Scott Ryan has a new essay in Philosophy, Objective Idealism and Ethics.

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In Defense of Objective Idealism

x Bookmark Scott Ryan has a new essay in Philosophy, In Defense of Objective Idealism.  

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Take This Fun Constitution Quiz!

x Bookmark Scott Ryan has a new essay in Philosophy,  Take This Fun Constitution Quiz! (It’s not really a quiz; he just use that format to convey some basic information about how the Constitution is supposed to work, by way of preparation for further arguments about the right of privacy.)

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Philosophy Limerick of the Day: David Lewis

x Bookmark   By Jason Zarri   David K. Lewis opined Possibilia should never be quined: Accept possible worlds, and a paradise unfolds None greater than which you can find. And just so you know, I think that’ll be it on the limericks for a while. 😉

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Philosophy Limerick of the Day: Ayn Rand

x Bookmark By Jason Zarri   Ayn Rand had an ideology To found philosophy on a tautology: All A are A, at the end of the day And therefore, you must do things her way!

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Philosophy Limerick of the Day: Quine

x Bookmark   Willard V. Quine had a plan To put analyticity under the ban He scotched the Two Dogmas, and fought ever onwards To show modality was a sham

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Philosophy Limerick of the Day: Wittgenstein

x Bookmark By Jason Zarri There was once a philosopher, Witt Who acted just like a git He picked up a poker, and when thought a joker Stormed out of the room in a fit

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On the Paradox of Deontological Restrictions

x Bookmark Jason Zarri has a new article in Ethics, On the Paradox of Deontological Restrictions.

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