Consider these two questions: 1) Are you responsible for being depressed or anxious? And 2) Should you feel guilty or ashamed of being depressed or anxious? Continue reading Depression & Anxiety: Freedom Without Responsibility
Monthly Archives: February 2015
The Big Questions – The Circle
Think about some of the most important questions human beings can ask: 1) What should we believe? 2) What should we do? 3) What type of people should we become? Continue reading The Big Questions – The Circle
Kant’s Ethics (Part 3–Conclusion)
(continued from yesterday’s post)
8. Contemporary Applications
Let us consider a contemporary application of deontology to medical ethics. Continue reading Kant’s Ethics (Part 3–Conclusion)
Kant’s Ethics (Part 2)
(continued from yesterday’s post.)
4. Hypothetical Imperatives
But what exactly does reason command? Continue reading Kant’s Ethics (Part 2)
Kant’s Ethics (Part 1)
1. Kant and Hume
The German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), called by many the greatest of modern philosophers, was the preeminent defender of deontological (duty) ethics. Continue reading Kant’s Ethics (Part 1)