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280Should We Want God Not to Exist?Philo 15 (2): 193-199. 2012.In his book, The Last Word, Thomas Nagel expresses the hope that there exists no God. Guy Kahane, in his paper ‘Should We Want God to Exist?’, attempts to defend Nagel from an argument that concludes such a hope may be impermissible. In this paper we present a new defense for the hope that God does not exist.
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112Has Bartel resolved the gamer’s dilemma?Ethics and Information Technology 15 (3): 229-233. 2013.In this paper we consider whether Christopher Bartel has resolved the gamer’s dilemma. The gamer’s dilemma highlights a discrepancy in our moral judgements about the permissibility of performing certain actions in computer games. Many gamers have the intuition that virtual murder is permissible in computer games, whereas virtual paedophilia is not. Yet finding a relevant moral distinction to ground such intuitions can be difficult. Bartel suggests a relevant moral distinction may turn on the not…Read more
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57Against Norström’s Argument for Technological Knowing How Not Being an Instance of Knowing ThatPhilosophy and Technology 28 (4): 573-579. 2015.In this paper, I evaluate an argument offered by Per Norström in section 8 of his paper Knowing how, knowing that, knowing technology. The argument is for the proposition that some instance of knowing how is not an instance of knowing that; the instance in question being one of technological know-how. This conclusion contradicts Stanley and Williamson’s proposal that all instances of knowing how are instances of knowing that. I provide reason to think that there are problems with Norström’s argu…Read more
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Gareth Keenan investigates paraconsistent logic : the case of the missing Tim and the redundancy paradox (UK)In Jeremy Wisnewski (ed.), The Office and Philosophy: Scenes From the Unexamined Life, Blackwell. 2008.
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48Conferring on Religion: Notes from the 2010 Australasian Philosophy of Religion Association ConferenceSophia 49 (4): 521-521. 2010.Conferring on Religion: Notes from the 2010 Australasian Philosophy of Religion Association Conference Content Type Journal Article Pages 521-521 DOI 10.1007/s11841-010-0229-x Authors Morgan Luck, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, & The Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 Journal Volume Volume 49 Journal Issue Volume 49, Number 4
Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion |
Technology Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Religion |
Technology Ethics |
Applied Ethics |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |