Do you think morality involves a variety of duties and norms that can sometimes conflict with one another, or do you think that morality is a more formulaic system with norms and rules that never come into conflict?

Do you think morality involves a variety of duties and norms that can sometimes conflict with one another, or do you think that morality is a more formulaic system with norms and rules that never come into conflict?

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Philosophy Phriday Question: Do you think someone like W.D. Ross is right that morality involves a variety of duties/norms that can sometimes conflict with one another, or do you agree more with someone like Immanuel Kant that morality is a more formulaic system with norms and rules that never come into conflict? Ross argues that morality is made up of several basic duties rather than one master rule. These include duties like keeping promises, helping others, repairing past […]

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The Nazi Cult and the German Speech Police

The Nazi Cult and the German Speech Police

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Yesterday, a thing happened, and because I did not immediately post about this thing that happened, some angry internet person complained about what he believes to be my hypocrisy or my indifference as to this thing that happened. Ordinarily I strive to ignore angry internet people, but sometimes they inspire entire essays, and this is one of those times. You want me to post about the thing, butthurt internet person? Okay, I’ll post about the thing. You may […]

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🎄Noite de Natal 🎶 [Verse 1] Mais uma noite de Na... Andressa Silva

🎄Noite de Natal 🎶 [Verse 1] Mais uma noite de Na… Andressa Silva

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🎄Noite de Natal 🎶 [Verse 1] Mais uma noite de Natal desperta Envolta de sonhos e paz infinita. Cantos de anjos ecoam na brisa, O amor é a luz que nunca se apaga. Na magia do Natal, lembro do meu lar, Um calor que abraça, pronto a amar. [Chorus] E eu danço sob as luzes a brilhar, Com os braços abertos, olho a sonhar. No compasso do amor, deixo a vida fluir, Natal, doce Natal, que me faz […]

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The Nightmare of Trumpian ZIPG

The Nightmare of Trumpian ZIPG

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The Trumpian attack on immigrants is about as anti-supply side, pro-statist and inimical to free market prosperity as it gets. As we have seen in Parts 1 & 2, immigrant labor accounted for 42% of the thundering 3.62% annual real GDP growth during the golden age of American industrial expansion between 1870 and 1920, but that wasn’t the end of the story. During the most recent 50-year interval between 1970 and 2020, fully 35% of the far more tepid real […]

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