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A Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Posted on June 28, 2013

I was supposed to make a grand entry today, but I was preoccupied with the care of my friend who is recovering from reconstructive surgery as a result of a serious injury. I have left him in the care of … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Writing | Tagged guilt, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Love, remorse, Sadness, writing | Leave a comment

Protected: Philip James Donovan

Posted on May 9, 2013

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Posted in Personal Life, Writing | Tagged Elsinore HIgh School graduation, FTP, fuck the police, Grief, May 8 2004, mourning, murder, Phil Donovan, Philip Donovan, Philip James Donovan, PJD, Riverside County Sheriff, Samantha Owens, skankin pickle, sorrow, Wildomar

A Quote by Marina Tsvetaeva

Posted on May 5, 2013

Here’s a great little quote that I found while reading an old issue of “Poetry: Volume 199, Number 6 (March 2012).” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To love – is to see a man as God intended him, and his parents failed to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings and Prose, Writing | Tagged Love, Marina Tsvetaeva, poems for Blok, poetry, Poetry March 2012 | Leave a comment

The True Moral Theory: Comparison and Analysis

Posted on May 1, 2013

Alright, this is going to be very long. Like, extremely long. It’s about 9500 words worth of long. I’m going to post it all at once simply as a useful reference to all of those philosophers out there that use … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Justice, Philosophy, Psychology, Questions, Religion, Writing | Tagged Act Utilitarianism, Bernard Williams, Categorical Imperative, common sense morality, Conventional Ethical Relativism, Conventional Rule Utilitarianism, Dependency Thesis, desirable traits, desirable traits to a moral theory, Diversity Thesis, divine command theory, ethical egoism, Ethical Relativism, ethics, Euthyphro, Facedownphilosophy, false implications, Formulation of Humanity as an End in Itself, Formulation of the Kingdom of Ends, Formulation of Universal Law, Gregory Kavka, Hobbes, Hypothetical Imperative, Ideal Rule Utilitarianism, Immanuel Kant, J.J.C. Smart, J.S. Mill, JJC Smart, Joel Feinberg, John Stuart Mill, Kai Nielsen, Kavka, Leviathan, Louis Pojman, Medlin, moral theory, morality, naive common sense morality, Onora O'Neill, philosophy, Plato, Psychological egoism, reductio, reductio ad absurdum, Robert Nozick, Rule Utilitarianism, sophisticated common sense morality, Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Subjective Ethical Relativism, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Kuhn, true moral theory, utilitarianism, WPLongform | Leave a comment

A quote on free will, and God’s abandonment…

Posted on April 28, 2013

“Living life under the pretense of free will is a heart breaking, and mistaken way to cope in vain with the persistent betrayals of our cold, distant, and silent God” –K.W. Richardson

Posted in Musings and Prose, Philosophy, Religion, Writing | Tagged abandonment, free-will, God, K.W. Richardson | Leave a comment

Euthyphro: Evaluation and Implications for Divine Command Theory

Posted on March 1, 2013

In Euthyphro,Socrates and Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed pious man, debate the question of whether an act is pious because it is loved by the gods (theory A), or if the gods love certain acts because they are pious (theory B). Supposing … Continue reading →

Posted in Metaphysics, Philosophy, Questions, Religion, Writing | Tagged divine command theory, ethics, Euthyphro, moral theory, piety, secular ethics, Socrates, strong divine command theory, true moral theory, weak divine command theory | 1 Comment

Happiness v. Virtue: A Quote by Henry Sidgwick

Posted on February 21, 2013

It’s been a week since my last post, and I apologize. In fact, my last post wasn’t that great. It was a drunk and delirious tirade that didn’t deserve to stay up, so I shit canned it. Needless to say … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Personal Life, Philosophy, Writing | Tagged aesthetics, Been Gone A Long Time, ethics, Facedownphilosophy, happiness, Henry Sidgwick, morality, philosophy, Schopenhauer, Sidgwick, The Methods of Ethics, virtue, writing | 1 Comment

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Author Archives: facedownphilosophy

About facedownphilosophy

A Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Protected: Philip James Donovan

A Quote by Marina Tsvetaeva

The True Moral Theory: Comparison and Analysis

A quote on free will, and God’s abandonment…

Euthyphro: Evaluation and Implications for Divine Command Theory

Happiness v. Virtue: A Quote by Henry Sidgwick

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