Category: philosophy
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The Singularity & The Meaning of Life. Again
Last Friday I spoke of The Meaning of Life and how many believe it is highly coupled to the technological singularity. Now, in timely fashion, IEEE Spectrum has released it’s new issue, concentrating on this subject. Interesting reviews and quotes at kottke and Mind Hacks.
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The Meaning of Life. No, Seriously!
This is what started it all. By bringing some interesting philosophical questions to the table, this discussion got me seriously thinking about what impact not following a structured and continuous personal and professional development plan can have on both my quality of life and that of the world directly around me. The FAQ on the…
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Aristotle’s Moral Virtues and Vices
In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, moral virtues and their extremes are discussed. That is to say, personal characteristics and the extremes thereof. These extremes – or vices – are two of the three pillars of virtue, the third of which is The Golden Mean, or the Virtuous Mean. This mean is the position on the ‘scale’…
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Interview With a Blind Homeless Man
Interview With a Blind Homeless Man, by Bobby “Revellian” Revell: I don’t get upset when someone calls me old, stupid or whatever because I don’t know what it really means when describing a person. This great post reads almost like what I call the doctrine of the atheists; morals and ethics come from within. This…
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Ethical Impulses & The Moral Instinct
Evolution has endowed us with ethical impulses. Do we know what to do with them? In Steven Pinker’s New York Times article, The Moral Instinct, this question is raised and discussed as he takes us on a guided tour of ‘moral psychology‘ – a recently invigorated field. The starting point for appreciating that there is…