http://www.jame5.com/?p=53 A Tale of Good and Evil Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:34:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.jame5.com/?p=53&cpage=1#comment-8819 Rational Morality » The unfortunate etymology of ’selfishness’ in objectivist ethics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:38:12 +0000 http://www.jame5.com/?p=53#comment-8819 [...] Rand fails to realize, is that Kant’s categorical imperative effectively forces oneself to be non self contradicting in ones moral action and as a result being perfectly in line with her ideal of reason. At the same time, Kant’s [...] [...] Rand fails to realize, is that Kant’s categorical imperative effectively forces oneself to be non self contradicting in ones moral action and as a result being perfectly in line with her ideal of reason. At the same time, Kant’s [...]

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]]> http://www.jame5.com/?p=53&cpage=1#comment-6810 Rational Morality » Ayn Rand Contra Existence Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:59:21 +0000 http://www.jame5.com/?p=53#comment-6810 [...] exact spot where Rand looses me. It is not surprising that since the second postulate contradicts my own concepts of morality as well as the centrality of compassion in it, I was keen to disprove selfishness as virtue, and [...] [...] exact spot where Rand looses me. It is not surprising that since the second postulate contradicts my own concepts of morality as well as the centrality of compassion in it, I was keen to disprove selfishness as virtue, and [...]

]]> http://www.jame5.com/?p=53&cpage=1#comment-5558 Rational Morality » Reconciling Kant and Schopenhauer Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:58:47 +0000 http://www.jame5.com/?p=53#comment-5558 [...] however the maxim of ensure continued co-existence for Kant’s categorical imperative, Kant and Schopenhauer can be reconciled quite beautifully [...] [...] however the maxim of ensure continued co-existence for Kant’s categorical imperative, Kant and Schopenhauer can be reconciled quite beautifully [...]

]]> http://www.jame5.com/?p=53&cpage=1#comment-32 Rational Morality » Trust as an emergent phenomenon among rational agents Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:20:35 +0000 http://www.jame5.com/?p=53#comment-32 [...] rational. In such a reality all agents will adopt the rationally implicit utility function ‘ensure continued co-existence‘ as their explicit utility function Fe(i). All agents would use the resources at their [...] [...] rational. In such a reality all agents will adopt the rationally implicit utility function ‘ensure continued co-existence‘ as their explicit utility function Fe(i). All agents would use the resources at their [...]

]]> http://www.jame5.com/?p=53&cpage=1#comment-30 Rational Morality » Blog Archive » Purpose of rationalmorality.info Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:35:58 +0000 http://www.jame5.com/?p=53#comment-30 [...] the development and communication of a morality grounded in rationality. As basis the maxim ‘ensure continued co-existence‘ is applied, assuming it satisfies Kant’s categorical imperative. The stated end goal [...] [...] the development and communication of a morality grounded in rationality. As basis the maxim ‘ensure continued co-existence‘ is applied, assuming it satisfies Kant’s categorical imperative. The stated end goal [...]

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