Aristotle

Moral Philosophy and The Good Place

热门电视剧《好地方》一开始讲述了一个名叫埃莉诺的女人在来世醒来的故事。埃莉诺知道她在“好地方”着陆了,尽管她知道她应该降落在另一个地方。埃莉诺信赖的道德哲学教授奇迪决定教她做个好人。

The Ancient Cosmos

Cosmology—the study of the universe, how it was formed, and what laws govern its evolution—has exploded in the last few decades. But it’s not a new area of human inquiry. In fact, theories about the origin, nature, and structure of the cosmos go back thousands of years.

Can Studying Philosophy Make You a Better Person?

One of the many people who is considerably smarter and more productive than I am is Prof. Eric Schwitzgebel of the University of California at Riverside. Eric writes the blog,The Splintered Mind, and one of his many research interests is whether there is any empirical connection between studying ethics in a contemporary college or university and the improvement of one's character. So far, the evidence is that the academic study of ethics does not make you a better person. Why?