Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I started out with ‘Bruce’ but that was too plain. Braelyn is the name of the kid who had the ‘why can’t we all get along’ question that ended the Vice Presidential debate the other night. ‘Herro’ is the last n…

I will get to the philosophical meat of this post in due course, but first, a preliminary matter: “Braelyn?” “Herro?” Dude. When did you get so trendy about names? What next? Tinsley? Brixton? Calum? Colson? Whatever happened to…

If I think Braelyn is a good person, I think this is so in virtue of her having certain descriptive features, like being kind or generous. And similarly, it seems, for other evaluative or normative features (Braelyn being morally required to refrain from injuriously striking Herro when he has minorly offended her, Braelyn having reason…

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