Category: Emotions
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Eros and Ethos Announcement
by Jason Stotts After much agonizing over this decision, I’ve decided that I will be publishing Eros and Ethos, my forthcoming book on sexual ethics, as two separate volumes. Thus, instead of: Eros and Ethos: A New Theory and Application of Sexual Ethics It will be: Eros and Ethos: Volume 1, A New Theory of…
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Aporia: The Emotional Process
by Jason Stotts Aporia (ἀπορɛία): an impasse, puzzlement, doubt, or confusion; a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it. Aporia’s are a chance for me to try to work through a philosophical problem. I do it in writing because writing helps me think more clearly. I do…
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Dove and Self-Perception
by Jason Stotts This is just wonderful:
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Aporia: Is Physical Beauty Itself a Value?
by Jason Stotts I often get asked, because I advocate that sexual attraction is a response to values, whether physical beauty is a value. The intention of the question is, of course, to see if I think that physical beauty is a sufficient value to justify sexual activity. I’ve always thought this was an interesting…
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Rationalism Among Objectivists
by Jason Stotts I was perusing this week’s Objectivist Blog Carnival when I noticed a post that sounded interesting: Benjamin Skipper’s “You Can Only Hate What’s *There*.” Now, I was interested in this because I’m very interested in theories of emotion and this piece sounded particularly misguided by the title. The piece didn’t disappoint. The…
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Quirkyalone
by Jason Stotts I got an e-mail from a reader the other day about an interesting idea called “quirkyalone.” First, though, I’d like to point out that “Jason Stotts” is not a nom de plume, but is actually my real name. So, anyone writing me can feel free to address me simply as Jason, no other…
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Sexual Perfection Extraneous
by Jason Stotts The following is a rough draft of what was going to be section 1 of chapter 2 of my forthcoming book Sexual Perfection: Foundations of a New Sexual Ethic. However, the section had to be cut after a restructuring. Instead of merely scrapping the material, I’ve decided to post it here so…
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Emotions in the Service of Life
by Jason Stotts Perhaps the single most important feature of emotions is that one now lost to us. Emotions have become afflictions that we bear: they are beyond reason, beyond understanding, and beyond our ability to control. Emotions do not, however, have to be this way. Emotions, proper emotions, allow us to experience the reality…