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The Moxie Files: The Illogic of Immortality
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8212; — — — — — — On the Improbability of Reflective Equilibrium — — — — — — —. Nuked at Age Six. The Illogic of Immortality. Some scientists believe human immortality is achievable and ought to be pursued. A few of them claim it is illogical to do otherwise, and that anyone who opposes the idea essentially prefers death over survival. A common line of argument is that people who don't think immortality is a good idea actually are afraid of living forever. This emphasis on the individual is then scaled up.
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Moral realism – Scientia Salon
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Philosophy, Science, and all interesting things in between. July 23, 2015. Bull; ( 89. New Scientia Salon video featuring a discussion between between Massimo and Dan, this time on the issue of moral realism. This is also being published as part of a new initiative by Bloggingheads.tv, called MeaningofLife.tv. Dan and I have our own channel, called, appropriately enough, Sophia. Utopia. Finally, we ask what happens to those who refuse to play “the moral game,” with a nod to Wittgenstein. Sorry, that was ...
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The Moxie Files: Nuked at Age Six
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8212; — — — — — — On the Improbability of Reflective Equilibrium — — — — — — —. Nuked at Age Six. Nuked at Age Six. Nuked at Age Six - Yeehah! How I Got to PHI School. Cassirer's Influence on Me. Normally I am reluctant to share personal details. Unlike most blogs, "Moxie Files" was not conceived as a navel-gazing diary. So I have set up this space to overcome my reticence while explaining, on occasion, what brings me to think as I do. NUKED AT AGE SIX — YEEHAH! Sputnik had just gone into space in 1957&#...
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The Moxie Files: February 2014
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8212; — — — — — — On the Improbability of Reflective Equilibrium — — — — — — —. Nuked at Age Six. A Man to Remember: Cassirer. An Essay on Man. In which Ernst Cassirer distills his lifetime of work in cultural theory and science history, was published 1944 — 70 years ago. His last major book, it is the best starting point for readers unfamiliar with his cultural "theory of man" — especially notable for its scientifically informed approach to human nature. Of humanity at the heart of his philosophy. Man's...
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The Moxie Files: July 2012
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8212; — — — — — — On the Improbability of Reflective Equilibrium — — — — — — —. Nuked at Age Six. The "Demo" in Democracy. In a democracy every citizen is a moral agent — an independent participant in the moral life of the state. The state. Moral agency binds them. This core moral relationship presents a useful yardstick to evaluate many other practices that may nurture or hinder the proper functioning of democracy. Choice: when chosen it reduces both the moral standing of the agent and the moral bond of...
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The Moxie Files: My Odyssey: Part 1
http://hypermoxie.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012jul22b.html
8212; — — — — — — On the Improbability of Reflective Equilibrium — — — — — — —. Nuked at Age Six. My Odyssey: Part 1. The roots of modern meta-ethics trace back to Socrates, 25 centuries ago. He wrote nothing of his own — he was an exceptionally wise man — yet today his analytical approach to ethics is canonical, still revered and usually taught first in the standard curriculum of moral philosophy. Educated young men of the city — nominally the next generation of leaders — admired the old phi...In a poli...
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The Moxie Files: Cogito, ergo liber sum
http://hypermoxie.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012jul22a.html
8212; — — — — — — On the Improbability of Reflective Equilibrium — — — — — — —. Nuked at Age Six. Cogito, ergo liber sum. I was born at a particular time and place, to a certain set of parents, with a specific set of family histories genetically and socially, in a peculiar cultural milieu, all of which influence my thinking. Besides this, every moment of my life, from birth to now, has taught me something, great or small: like every other normal human, I am a learning engine. The fact remains that all re...
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The Moxie Files: One Liners
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8212; — — — — — — On the Improbability of Reflective Equilibrium — — — — — — —. Nuked at Age Six. Newest at the top. It's amazing how many times the moral animal has evolved to fit the latest fashion in homo politicus. Widely quoted anecdote does not equal data. The biggest problem with hogwash of any kind is the number of people who believe it. Some people are so busy grinding axes, they don't have time to chop wood. Times change, so it's said, but sometimes they change back again. I come from Barack Ob...
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The Moxie Files: The "Demo" in Democracy
http://hypermoxie.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012jul29a.html
8212; — — — — — — On the Improbability of Reflective Equilibrium — — — — — — —. Nuked at Age Six. The "Demo" in Democracy. In a democracy every citizen is a moral agent — an independent participant in the moral life of the state. The state. Moral agency binds them. This core moral relationship presents a useful yardstick to evaluate many other practices that may nurture or hinder the proper functioning of democracy. Choice: when chosen it reduces both the moral standing of the agent and the moral bond of...
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The Moxie Files: July 2013
http://hypermoxie.blogspot.com/2013_07_01_archive.html
8212; — — — — — — On the Improbability of Reflective Equilibrium — — — — — — —. Nuked at Age Six. George Will's Statecraft as Soulcraft. 1983) discusses the struggle for the American economic soul at the end of the 18th century in which the Federalists set the stage for today's economy. As Will points out, the US economic system was, unlike any before it, rationally debated and consciously chosen by the nation's founders. These conditions of modern politics and economics were based on a classic assumptio...
