Tag: philosophy
I and Thou — Roger Scruton on What Makes Human Beings Unique
Whatever its cause, our moral natures do indeed distinguish us from fauna.
In Evolutionary Literature, Researchers Habitually Slip in Teleological Language
How would you explain the evolution of a small set of genes that are expressed for but a few hours when we consist of only 8-16 cells?
How Physicists Learned to Love the Multiverse
The Principle of Plenitude, an idea with a long history, holds that everything that can exist will exist.
Darwin, Marx, and Freud: The Genealogy of “Posthumanism”
Exactly how posthumanism cashes out in contemporary cultural terms is the subject of a detailed study with new polling data by John G. West.
Now It’s “Posthumanist Ethical Pluralism”
If human life doesn’t have the highest ultimate objective value, there is no way to philosophically defend universal human rights.