Tag: morality

• A realization of the contradiction I’ve committed so far

  The following suddenly came to my mind yesterday while driving to the swimming pool: I am a staunch moral realist (moral facts exist and we have access to the truth through reason), yet I think moral reasoning takes some degrees of religiosity, or faith. This is problematic because, in the post about fate and God,…

  Shyun J. Ahn

  October 31, 2024

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  ethics, god, metaethics, morality, philosophy, religion

• Can you know moral facts and be ignorant about its normative strength?

  While walking around the base, I listen to a podcast ranging from philosophy to East Asian politics. A philosophy podcast I particularly like is Philosophy Bites, and I often check out familiar names or intriguing topics. Gideon Rosen’s 14-year-old talk on moral responsibility caught my attention because it satisfies both conditions. In the podcast, Rosen…

  Shyun J. Ahn

  September 30, 2024

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  ethics, morality, musing, philosophy

• On What Constitutes a Moral Character

  While standing in formation for the graduation formal, my peer asked how much I drank. When I told him I seldom drink, he complimented me on my high moral character. This struck me as odd because seldom drinking is a mere predilection for me. I simply like the feeling of being sober better than that…

  Shyun J. Ahn

  September 5, 2024

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  ethics, metaethics, morality, musing