Blair's Philosophical Inquiries

In this essay, I will argue that the claim "citizens of wealthy countries are obligated to alleviate severe global poverty, because such...

November 2018 My apology for the completely messed up format! I have not figured out the best way to import text from Latex here :/ 1...

Almost all of us agree that sweatshops are exploitative. However, it is barely agreed upon what the exact nature of exploitation is and...

I. Can a computer think? Can a computer think? It is imperative for us to answer this question, for this would not only determine the...

I. Introduction The social framework of distribution and burdens and benefits resulting from it in each society fundamentally affects...

I. Introduction In a society where every man is his own representative, a question we must ask is what gives the state power, and whether...

The “marginal cases” argument seems to be a big challenge for meat-eaters. It goes as follows: let us assume that having morally relevant...

In the context of answering the question what emotions really are, there are two camps of theorists. The first camp insist that emotions...

A reductionist approach to the mind-body problem views everything mental as essentially materialistic and made up of mechanistic parts....

Virtue ethicists say that the right act to perform are the virtuous acts, which are the acts that make one flourish. A Kantian says that...

Kantian ethics states that we ought to treat rational beings as ends in themselves, rather than means to something else. Utilitarianism...

I. Introduction This paper serves as a brief summary of the Prolegomena, and the structure of the paper follows Kant’s three fundamental...

I. Introduction In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes employed deductive reasoning on morality as if it is a science. In An Essay Concerning Human...

I. Introduction Upon first inspection, Hume and Kant show very different accounts for the role of reason in their moral thinking. Hume...