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The True Moral Theory: Comparison and Analysis

Posted on May 1, 2013 by facedownphilosophy

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

Euthyphro: Evaluation and Implications for Divine Command Theory

Posted on March 1, 2013 by facedownphilosophy

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 by facedownphilosophy

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

Divine command theory: Are you fucking kidding me?!?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

I just read the most maddening, illogical, and vapid attempt at a legitimate treatment on the source of moral action. It is by a theist nit-wit named Janine Marie Idziak. I won’t go into all of the reasons why it … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Religion | Tagged atheism, atheist, DCT, divine command theory, ethics, God, Janine Marie Idziak, morality, natural law, religion, theist | 7 Comments

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Tag Archives: ethics

The True Moral Theory: Comparison and Analysis

Euthyphro: Evaluation and Implications for Divine Command Theory

Happiness v. Virtue: A Quote by Henry Sidgwick

Divine command theory: Are you fucking kidding me?!?

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