Philosophical Ethics and Theory

It is plausible that there is a distinctively epistemic standard of correctness for belief. It is also plausible that there is a range of practical reasons bearing on belief. These theses are often thought to be in tension with each other. To resolve the tension, the authors draw on an analogy with a similar distincti…

Abstract I argue that certain species of belief, such as mathematical, logical, and normative beliefs, are insulated from a form of Harman‐style debunking argument whereas moral beliefs, the primary target of such arguments, are not. Harman‐style arguments have been misunderstood as attempts to directly undermine our…

A common criticism of Fichte’s political thought is that it is not systematically connected to his idea of self-positing, which would amount to a rift in his practical philosophy. This criticism can be countered through an extensive analysis of Fichte’s view of rational society. This view involves not just a portrayal…

It is regrettably common for theorists to attempt to characterize the Humean dictum that one can't get an 'ought' from an 'is' just in broadly logical terms.We here address an important new class of such approaches which appeal to model-theoretic machinery.Our complaint about these recent attempts is that they interfe…

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• SANİYE VATANSEVER ÖZCANGİLLER

Abstract The psychological correlates of utilitarian choices in sacrificial moral dilemmas are contentious. In the literature, some research (Greene, et al., 2001) suggested that utilitarianism requires analytic thinking while other research (Kahane et al., 2015) showed that utilitarianism is correlated with psychopat…

• BÜŞRA EYLEM AKTAŞ

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• NEDİM NAMİ NOMER

Etiquette and other merely formal normative standards like legality, honor, and rules of games are taken less seriously than they should be. While these standards are not intrinsically reason-providing (or “substantive”) in the way morality is often taken to be, they also play an important role in our practical lives:…

Eğitim ve felsefe yazınında değerlerin varlığı yadsınmamaktadır.Ancak her iki yazında da değerlerle ilgili ortak bir söylem oluşturulmuş değildir.Felsefede yapılan tartışmalar hala devam ettiği gibi eğitimde de hangi değerlerin aktarılacağına dönük bir fikir ortaklığı sağlanamamıştır.Bir kısım değerlerin pek de tartış…

• ÇETİN BALANUYE

Abstract An understanding of instrumentally valuable nature resulted from anthropocentrism is incapable of producing long-term, real solutions to deal with environmental problems. It is obvious that these problems cannot be handled staying within the current understanding of nature-human relationship and without broad…

• SELMA AYDIN BAYRAM

G. A. Cohen has recently argued for a thesis about the relationship between facts and principles. He claims that Rawls denies this thesis, and the truth of this thesis vitiates Rawls's constructivist procedure. I argue against both claims by developing an account of Rawls's justificatory strategy and the role of facts…

• AHMET FAİK KURTULMUŞ

In this paper I examine the genesis of Kant's conception of a realm of ends, arguing that Kant first started to think of morality in terms of striving to be a member of a realm of ends, understood as an ideal community, in the early 1760s, and that he was influenced in this by his encounter with the Swedish mystic Ema…

• LUCAS THORPE