In the future, autonomous vehicles are predicted to be much safer than current vehicles and affor... more In the future, autonomous vehicles are predicted to be much safer than current vehicles and affordable enough for all vehicle owners. At such a point, should we still allow people to manually drive non-autonomous vehicles? Can we say people who want to drive have a right to drive? In this paper, we first attempt a deontological justification of a right to drive, by trying to derive the right from more uncontroversial rights, like the right to freedom of movement, but fail. Looking at the right on consequentialist grounds, both in terms of paternalistic justifications of denying the right and the externalities caused by manual driving, we are able to justify a right to drive. However, the externalities caused by manual driving (especially the risks imposed on non-drivers and the property damage) are enough to limit this right to drive to non-public roads.
That we might have duties not just to others but to ourselves has not been universally accepted i... more That we might have duties not just to others but to ourselves has not been universally accepted in the history of philosophy. Many have rejected the notion for various reasons, but in this paper we’ll defend the idea that we do have duties to ourselves. We’ll justify it on the grounds that it is a duty to a distinct future self. We’ll start by talking about the limitations of other justifications of duties to self and then explain this justification and some of its limitations.
This dissertation looks at the details of Friedrich Nietzsche\u27s concept of the revaluation of ... more This dissertation looks at the details of Friedrich Nietzsche\u27s concept of the revaluation of all values. The dissertation will look at the idea in several ways to elucidate the depth and complexity of the idea. First, it will be looked at through its evolution, as it began as an idea early in Nietzsche\u27s career and reached its full complexity at the end of his career with the planned publication of his Revaluation of All Values, just before the onset of his madness. Several questions will be explored: What is the nature of the revaluator who is supposed to be instrumental in the process of revaluation? What will the values after the revaluation be like (a rebirth of ancient values or creation of entirely new values)? What will be the scope of the revaluation? And what is the relation of other major ideas of Nietzsche\u27s (will to power, eternal return, overman, and amor fati) to the revaluation? Different answers to these questions will be explored. Ultimately, the conclusio...
We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical... more We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical examination of these and other concepts central to how we evaluate our own and each others’ behavior and choices. This text examines some of the main threads of discussion on these topics that have developed over the last couple of millenia, mostly within the Western cultural tradition. It considers basic questions about moral and ethical judgment: Is there such a thing as something that is really right or really wrong independent of time, place and perspective? What is the relationship between religion and ethics? How can we reconcile self-interest and ethics? Is it ever acceptable to harm one person in order to help others? What do recent discussions in evolutionary biology or have to say about human moral systems? What is the relation between gender and ethics? The authors invite you to participate in their exploration of these and many other questions in philosophical ethics.
NIETZSCHE’S REVALUTION OF ALL VALUES Joseph Kranak Marquette University, 2014 This dissertation l... more NIETZSCHE’S REVALUTION OF ALL VALUES Joseph Kranak Marquette University, 2014 This dissertation looks at the details of Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of the revaluation of all values. The dissertation will look at the idea in several ways to elucidate the depth and complexity of the idea. First, it will be looked at through its evolution, as it began as an idea early in Nietzsche’s career and reached its full complexity at the end of his career with the planned publication of his Revaluation of All Values, just before the onset of his madness. Several questions will be explored: What is the nature of the revaluator who is supposed to be instrumental in the process of revaluation? What will the values after the revaluation be like (a rebirth of ancient values or creation of entirely new values)? What will be the scope of the revaluation? And what is the relation of other major ideas of Nietzsche’s (will to power, eternal return, overman, and amor fati) to the revaluation? Different a...
This thesis is a summary of the influences that contributed to the creation of Nietzsche’s idea o... more This thesis is a summary of the influences that contributed to the creation of Nietzsche’s idea of the unconscious. It explores what thinkers contributed to the formation in historical progression, partially exploring the genesis of Nietzsche’s idea. Most of the thinkers are scientific thinkers, and much of the influence comes out of nineteenth century science. I include early influence from Arthur Schopenhauer and F. A. Lange as well as his reading of the early Greek philosophers inspired by Lange and Schopenhauer, which includes Heraclitus, Empedocles and Democritus. I also discuss some of the psychological thought of his day, especially L. F. Von Helmholtz, Theodor Fechner and Eduard von Hartmann. I also look at the biological theory of his day, especially the German reaction to Darwinian Evolution, including Wilhelm Roux, Carl von Nägeli, William Rolph and Ernst Haeckel. There is also some discussion of the influence of physical theory, especially from Roger Joseph Boscovich, as well as Karl Ernst von Baer and Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner. I attempt to show how all of these thinkers played a part in the formation of Nietzsche’s idea of the unconscious and that we can both understand Nietzsche’s originality and his indebtedness and timeliness through an understanding of how he was influenced by contemporary thought.
In the future, autonomous vehicles are predicted to be much safer than current vehicles and affor... more In the future, autonomous vehicles are predicted to be much safer than current vehicles and affordable enough for all vehicle owners. At such a point, should we still allow people to manually drive non-autonomous vehicles? Can we say people who want to drive have a right to drive? In this paper, we first attempt a deontological justification of a right to drive, by trying to derive the right from more uncontroversial rights, like the right to freedom of movement, but fail. Looking at the right on consequentialist grounds, both in terms of paternalistic justifications of denying the right and the externalities caused by manual driving, we are able to justify a right to drive. However, the externalities caused by manual driving (especially the risks imposed on non-drivers and the property damage) are enough to limit this right to drive to non-public roads.
In the future, autonomous vehicles are predicted to be much safer than current vehicles and affor... more In the future, autonomous vehicles are predicted to be much safer than current vehicles and affordable enough for all vehicle owners. At such a point, should we still allow people to manually drive non-autonomous vehicles? Can we say people who want to drive have a right to drive? In this paper, we first attempt a deontological justification of a right to drive, by trying to derive the right from more uncontroversial rights, like the right to freedom of movement, but fail. Looking at the right on consequentialist grounds, both in terms of paternalistic justifications of denying the right and the externalities caused by manual driving, we are able to justify a right to drive. However, the externalities caused by manual driving (especially the risks imposed on non-drivers and the property damage) are enough to limit this right to drive to non-public roads.
That we might have duties not just to others but to ourselves has not been universally accepted i... more That we might have duties not just to others but to ourselves has not been universally accepted in the history of philosophy. Many have rejected the notion for various reasons, but in this paper we’ll defend the idea that we do have duties to ourselves. We’ll justify it on the grounds that it is a duty to a distinct future self. We’ll start by talking about the limitations of other justifications of duties to self and then explain this justification and some of its limitations.
This dissertation looks at the details of Friedrich Nietzsche\u27s concept of the revaluation of ... more This dissertation looks at the details of Friedrich Nietzsche\u27s concept of the revaluation of all values. The dissertation will look at the idea in several ways to elucidate the depth and complexity of the idea. First, it will be looked at through its evolution, as it began as an idea early in Nietzsche\u27s career and reached its full complexity at the end of his career with the planned publication of his Revaluation of All Values, just before the onset of his madness. Several questions will be explored: What is the nature of the revaluator who is supposed to be instrumental in the process of revaluation? What will the values after the revaluation be like (a rebirth of ancient values or creation of entirely new values)? What will be the scope of the revaluation? And what is the relation of other major ideas of Nietzsche\u27s (will to power, eternal return, overman, and amor fati) to the revaluation? Different answers to these questions will be explored. Ultimately, the conclusio...
We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical... more We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical examination of these and other concepts central to how we evaluate our own and each others’ behavior and choices. This text examines some of the main threads of discussion on these topics that have developed over the last couple of millenia, mostly within the Western cultural tradition. It considers basic questions about moral and ethical judgment: Is there such a thing as something that is really right or really wrong independent of time, place and perspective? What is the relationship between religion and ethics? How can we reconcile self-interest and ethics? Is it ever acceptable to harm one person in order to help others? What do recent discussions in evolutionary biology or have to say about human moral systems? What is the relation between gender and ethics? The authors invite you to participate in their exploration of these and many other questions in philosophical ethics.
NIETZSCHE’S REVALUTION OF ALL VALUES Joseph Kranak Marquette University, 2014 This dissertation l... more NIETZSCHE’S REVALUTION OF ALL VALUES Joseph Kranak Marquette University, 2014 This dissertation looks at the details of Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of the revaluation of all values. The dissertation will look at the idea in several ways to elucidate the depth and complexity of the idea. First, it will be looked at through its evolution, as it began as an idea early in Nietzsche’s career and reached its full complexity at the end of his career with the planned publication of his Revaluation of All Values, just before the onset of his madness. Several questions will be explored: What is the nature of the revaluator who is supposed to be instrumental in the process of revaluation? What will the values after the revaluation be like (a rebirth of ancient values or creation of entirely new values)? What will be the scope of the revaluation? And what is the relation of other major ideas of Nietzsche’s (will to power, eternal return, overman, and amor fati) to the revaluation? Different a...
This thesis is a summary of the influences that contributed to the creation of Nietzsche’s idea o... more This thesis is a summary of the influences that contributed to the creation of Nietzsche’s idea of the unconscious. It explores what thinkers contributed to the formation in historical progression, partially exploring the genesis of Nietzsche’s idea. Most of the thinkers are scientific thinkers, and much of the influence comes out of nineteenth century science. I include early influence from Arthur Schopenhauer and F. A. Lange as well as his reading of the early Greek philosophers inspired by Lange and Schopenhauer, which includes Heraclitus, Empedocles and Democritus. I also discuss some of the psychological thought of his day, especially L. F. Von Helmholtz, Theodor Fechner and Eduard von Hartmann. I also look at the biological theory of his day, especially the German reaction to Darwinian Evolution, including Wilhelm Roux, Carl von Nägeli, William Rolph and Ernst Haeckel. There is also some discussion of the influence of physical theory, especially from Roger Joseph Boscovich, as well as Karl Ernst von Baer and Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner. I attempt to show how all of these thinkers played a part in the formation of Nietzsche’s idea of the unconscious and that we can both understand Nietzsche’s originality and his indebtedness and timeliness through an understanding of how he was influenced by contemporary thought.
In the future, autonomous vehicles are predicted to be much safer than current vehicles and affor... more In the future, autonomous vehicles are predicted to be much safer than current vehicles and affordable enough for all vehicle owners. At such a point, should we still allow people to manually drive non-autonomous vehicles? Can we say people who want to drive have a right to drive? In this paper, we first attempt a deontological justification of a right to drive, by trying to derive the right from more uncontroversial rights, like the right to freedom of movement, but fail. Looking at the right on consequentialist grounds, both in terms of paternalistic justifications of denying the right and the externalities caused by manual driving, we are able to justify a right to drive. However, the externalities caused by manual driving (especially the risks imposed on non-drivers and the property damage) are enough to limit this right to drive to non-public roads.
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