Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

According to my suggested analysis of O[that P] – see my immediately previous post, “Person-Directed Anger…” – it is appropriate for one to have negative, person-directed attitudes toward a person (i) failing to have positive attitudes toward that-P obtaining (or failing to have negative attitudes toward P not obtaining). But it makes sense that, because…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. It is generally part of a fitting-attitudes analysis (of broadly evaluative properties) that the appropriate (or fitting) response in attitude is not always advisable (or what one has most reason to do all-in). So my proposal…

In reply to Stephen Lindsay. I wasn’t sure whether you were referring to my views on Ukraine, or my voting for Cornel West. I’m going to assume you meant the first. My views on Ukraine put me in a minority, not only on this blog, but in my social circl…

I envy your moral clarity on this issue. I lean toward agreement with you at a high level, but when I get into the details it gets harder for me to decipher whether there is any right moral stance. Maybe I’m just too wishy-washy. LikeLike