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fromA Philosopher's Blog
5 days ago

Can Technology Outpace Ethics?

One reason is that any minimally adequate ethical theory will have the quality of expandability. That is, the theory can be applied to what is new, be that technology, circumstances or something else. An ethical theory that lacks the capacity of expandability would become useless immediately and would not be much of a theory.
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fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

How Meanings Became Shareable Across Minds

Human meaning transformed from immediate, context-bound signs to public, conventional symbols enabling abstraction, analogy, and cumulative cultural transmission.
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fromA Philosopher's Blog
8 months ago

"My Body, My Choice": Pro-Choice & Anti-Vaccine Analogy, Revisited

Analogies equating abortion choice with vaccine refusal must be evaluated on relevant similarities and differences before inferring equal political support.
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fromA Philosopher's Blog
11 months ago

Critical Thinking & Pandemics XII: Death Analogies

Arguments against pandemic measures often rely on flawed analogies to other causes of death, undermining the rationale for social distancing.
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