Month: April 2008
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The Greatest Ethical Problems
by Jason Stotts In the first chapter of my book on Sexual Ethics, I am planning to discuss a small number of great problems for philosophy. I am not going to criticize particular philosophers, but rather particular problems or conceptions of ethics that have stymied the field. Thus, for an example, the first problem I…
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Life and Values Elaborated
by Jason Stotts I recently wrote a short piece called “Life and Values” where I argued the following: 1. Values are that which contribute to one’s life; disvalues are things that harm or retard one’s life. 2. In order to say that you value X, you mean that you judge that X will improve your…
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Life and Values
by Jason Stotts 1. Values are that which contribute to one’s life; disvalues are things that harm or retard one’s life. 2. In order to say that you value X, you mean that you judge that X will improve your life. If we can find no fault with the above propositions, then it is clear…