Though we think intrinsic desires tend to be pretty stable, we do not think they imply anything like the amount of predictability in behavior that traditional virtue ethics requires for someone to have a one-word-in-English character trait such as "benevolence". Other things being equal, a person with more of a desire for other people's wellbeing will do more for other people's wellbeing, but things are almost never equal.
The fact that only humans above a certain age can be morally virtuous, rather than babies or cats, means that that being moral requires some cognitiv… - Nomy Arpaly
The fact that only humans above a certain age can be morally virtuous, rather than babies or cats, means that that being moral requires some cognitiv…
- Nomy Arpaly
I think that if your tenure case depends on your proving what you thought was a mathematical theorem and the proposed theorem turns out to be false j… - Nomy Arpaly
I think that if your tenure case depends on your proving what you thought was a mathematical theorem and the proposed theorem turns out to be false j…
If I make a stupid decision but don't execute it because I'm, say, lazy, then I'm lucky, not rational. However, at other times a person acts for good… - Nomy Arpaly
If I make a stupid decision but don't execute it because I'm, say, lazy, then I'm lucky, not rational. However, at other times a person acts for good…
A very tall man once asked a question after my talk. Before beginning his question, he explained that the reason he was standing up is not to be inti… - Nomy Arpaly
A very tall man once asked a question after my talk. Before beginning his question, he explained that the reason he was standing up is not to be inti…
Moral virtues and intellectual virtues are very different from each other, and moral virtue has to do with motivation, not cognition. Moral virtue re… - Nomy Arpaly
Moral virtues and intellectual virtues are very different from each other, and moral virtue has to do with motivation, not cognition. Moral virtue re…
Sometimes we deliberate - for example when we plan a long trip or - if we are not math wizards - when we solve long division problems. However, if we… - Nomy Arpaly
Sometimes we deliberate - for example when we plan a long trip or - if we are not math wizards - when we solve long division problems. However, if we…
When you find yourself reluctant to sit on a chair because it had unexpectedly collapsed in the past you might shake your head and think "there, I'm … - Nomy Arpaly
When you find yourself reluctant to sit on a chair because it had unexpectedly collapsed in the past you might shake your head and think "there, I'm …
I am an atheist. I don't think there's anything divine. Beautiful, impressive, awe-inspiring - sure, but not divine. - Nomy Arpaly
I am an atheist. I don't think there's anything divine. Beautiful, impressive, awe-inspiring - sure, but not divine.
For those of us who want to have control over all our mental states, compatibilist substitutes - such as desiring what we desire to desire - will alw… - Nomy Arpaly
For those of us who want to have control over all our mental states, compatibilist substitutes - such as desiring what we desire to desire - will alw…
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