Tag: philosophy

• 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

• Is optimism in a hopeless situation simply BS?

  If you’ve seen this post on another blog, it’s not plagiarism. This is from my anonymous blog. As an early teen, I was disturbed that society puts so much emphasis on optimism. Many inspirational speakers justify this by saying thoughts and attitudes are the only things we can control in dreadful circumstances. However, this does…

  Shyun J. Ahn

  January 13, 2024

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  optimism, philosophy