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Please Chill Out About Hell
Thanks to , Catholic miracle claims are blazing a trail across the internet, leaving a choir of newly minted converts in its wake.
Having only cursorily looked at some of this evidence, I must say it’s extremely impressive. From flying Sai...
Preference Utilitarians Should Be Substance Dualists
Preference utilitarians think the only thing that matters is getting what you want. Of course they are also impartial, and so they give equal weight to everyone getting what they want. The problem is, who counts?
Preferences are functional...
The Limited God Problem for Threshold Deontology
Ticking bomb case.
A vile terrorist has planted a nuclear bomb in San Francisco. The only way to get the bomb’s location in time is to torture his child in front of him. What should you do?
Absolutists say you shouldn’t. In fact, they say...
Morality Is Dead — And Walter Veit Has Killed It
I have just witnessed a murder.
The killer?
Walter Veit—former meth kingpin,1 current lecturer in philosophy at the University of Reading.
The murder weapon?
A ~~rage bait~~ polemical essay titled To Hell With Moral Realism.
The victim...
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
This is a recording of me singing to my daughter. If you listen closely, you can sometimes hear her in the background. I’m not a professional singer so you will notice flaws in my performance. Luckily, my audience doesn’t seem to min...
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Oxford-trained philosopher. Helping you become a first-principles thinker so you can start living the examined life.
The art of noticing what matters. I have eclectic interests, from anthropics to zoology. My goal is to find and share the weird and wonderful patterns of the world. Currently @ Forethought Past jobs: grantmaker, researcher, software engineer
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