Archive for January 29th, 2008
Values vs. Virtues
Nozick keeps talking about value when he really means virtue. For example, “There are some individuals whose lives are infused with values, who pursue values with single-minded purity and intensity, who embody values to the greatest extent. These individuals glow with a special radiance.” (Philosophical Explanations, 436) This is so ridiculous, it is almost cute. [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2008 under Ethics, Philosophy.
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Do Values Presuppose Valuers?
Is there such a thing as beauty if there is no one around to appreciate it or to consider it beautiful? Without rational creatures and God, would there be truth; for example, true propositions? Here we have to be careful to distinguish the good itself from loving the good, or the truth itself from thinking [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2008 under Ethics, Philosophy.
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Connecting Is and Ought
Or fact and value. There is only one way to connect them, and that is via the link between ends and means. For example, Fact Value I want X. Therefore, I ought to do Y in order to attain X. I want to be good and righteous. Therefore, I ought to obey God’s law. I [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2008 under Ethics, Philosophy.
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Comments Can Now Be Previewed
Hopefully it’ll stimulate discussions.
Posted: January 29th, 2008 under Miscellaneous.
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