Category: Philosophy
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Oft fear of an evil drives us to another worse
Those words, penned in 1674 by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (Canto I, l.64) in his L’Art Poetique, has unfortunately so many resonances in today’s socio-political climate. At one level, this can be seen on a common basis as one boards flights: the fear of some flight incident is driving society to measures reminiscent of fascism – and…
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Ethics
[from LiveJournal] Seems that the more I read, the more it seems that there is a lack of understanding as to what ethics is. Many seem to base ethical views on deontological statements, or on emotivism, or on socially or psychologically determined dispositions. One of the papers I will need to prepare – perhaps as…