Monthly Archives: February 2015

Depression & Anxiety: Freedom Without Responsibility

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

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)