The Computational Theory of the Laws of Nature
An alternative to the Best System Account of Laws based upon Algorithmic Information Theory.
Blackburn, Truth and other Hot Topics
Blackburn and Fodor fail to appreciate the threat incommensurability poses to our belief in objective truth.
Begin with the principle:It is impermissible to harm others (other things being equal)…
The Good, The Bad and Peter Singer
Singer says that failing to donate money to help suffering from poverty and preventable diseases is as morally bad as standing by as a child drowns. But how bad is that I wonder?
The Retributive Theory of Property
Retributive ethics derives property rights from conventionally agreed to permissions to harm others.