Capital Punishment Whaffle: Part 1.b |
As promised, consequentialism, in particular utlitarianism; the theory that the correct action is the one that produces the best results. In this case, what are the best results? What do w...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:08:00 PST |
Captial Pnishment Whaffle: Argument 1a |
1) There is no actual argument for the reinstatement of capital punishment on moral grounds...:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Traditonally, moral philoso...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:06:00 PST |
Capital Punishment Whaffle: Introduction |
The world has thrust the subject of capital punishment back in our faces after we thought it was long dead. It was taken out of British society, remains limited in the US and the rest of the wor...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:03:00 PST |
The Death of Saddam |
I'm starting to feel that there isn't a public event that I don't feel a need to voice an opinion on. Ideally I would be the next Bertrand Russell, but sadly I find myself thinking I might be th...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:01:00 PST |
2006 |
I thought it was about time I wrote something on here but nothing seemed apt. There are no burning issues that have taken me, nor any philosophical challenges I wanted to take up. Instead ...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:28:00 PST |
Three Cheers for Jingoism |
I bought The Sun today. Nothing I am proud of, I did it for the TV Guide. You can buy a paper with a crossword and 7 day TV guide for the price of a regular listings magazine, plus you get...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:01:00 PST |
David Icke: Guff |
I had a friend a few years back, one of whom I don't talk to any more, but I spent near enough a decade in their company in one form or another. Towards the end of that time, he became intereste...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:46:00 PST |
The Authority of Abstraction |
I wrote this an hour ago, then Myspace wiped it. Here we go again, a little altered from last time....
Recently I've been concerned with certain arguments I have addressed on here, in oth...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:45:00 PST |
Why I Am Not A(n anti-)Christian |
The first time I heard about Anti-Theism (AT) it was from Colin McGinn. He explained it in almost Nietzschean terms- that obsession with three stages which borders on dialectics. He said t...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 01:36:00 PST |
Identity |
Where this all stems from...
At about 6.30 this morning I was lying in bed not fully awake but hardly asleep either. Normally when I can't sleep (which is most nights) I do one of two things; I ...
Posted by Mr Clarinet on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:28:00 PST |
