Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Thanks all, and sorry I take a while to respond — many balls in the air at once. I agree with the argument that “both “realist” and left-wing moral-equivalence strategic frames get the normative landscape wrong in an important way.” W…

The basic criticism of Scanlon is correct. There is no substantive account of what one may “reasonably” reject or why. In other words, there is not much by way of substantive first-order goods (these are taken as familiar). Without this, we…

I’ve always thought the biggest problem for Aristotle is the lack of a full account of what counts as noble (kalos), given that virtuous are dispositions to desire to act for the sake of the noble. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I found Herman to be sort of all over the place. Some of his points are good. The corporate media is pushing an overly simplistic, moralized narrative (and this heightens the danger of our just not thinking realistically abou…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Very quick replies (nothing like an organized, systematic response). Numbers correspond to your numbering, Irfan. (1a) Why does there need to be a threat to us? If I see someone beating up an innocent stranger, my reason to i…