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    "A refutation of Kantian and Benthamite ethics"
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 6 min

    "A refutation of Kantian and Benthamite ethics"

    Here's a paper from my undergraduate days, which you might find mildly interesting in its outline (and critique) of both Kantian and...
    Critical remarks on Thomas Nagel
    • Jun 14, 2020
    • 19 min

    Critical remarks on Thomas Nagel

    [From 2009.] I’m reading Thomas Nagel’s famous book The View From Nowhere (1986). Nagel seems more sensible than most contemporary...
    On the use and abuse of “perspective” for life
    • Jan 22, 2016
    • 3 min

    On the use and abuse of “perspective” for life

    [Excerpt from this book.] There are delights and dangers in adopting a broad perspective on oneself and one’s society. Looking at the...
    The paradox of free will
    • Jan 10, 2016
    • 5 min

    The paradox of free will

    [From an email.] Jerry Coyne does not impress me [in this talk], although at least he seems less irrational and annoying than Daniel...

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