Archive - Good Thoughts

Summer Subscription Drive

With group discounts

Jun 18 •

Richard Y Chappell

The “No Duty → No Good” fallacy

(What) are people thinking?

Jun 17 •

Richard Y Chappell

Death isn't bad

But Life is Better

Jun 16 •

Richard Y Chappell

Deontologists Shouldn't Vote*

Quiet Deontology Wants Out of the Public Sphere

Jun 11 •

Richard Y Chappell

Sacrificing Individuals for Symbolism

Jun 10 •

Richard Y Chappell

The Curse of Deontology

No-one can reasonably want others to successfully follow it

Jun 6 •

Richard Y Chappell

The Worst Person Who Ever Lived

Is an Unknown American Woman*

Jun 6 •

Richard Y Chappell

Limiting Reason

A principled conservative impulse

Jun 2 •

Richard Y Chappell

May 2025

Moral Theories Lack Confidence

Be careful how you personify them

May 30 •

Richard Y Chappell

#18 - Richard Chappell: effective altruism, normativity and moral realism

Published on From the Lotus World • May 28

44:52

The "Fairness" Trap

Against zero-sum thinking

May 19 •

Richard Y Chappell

The View from Everywhere

Published: 16 May 2025

May 16 •

Richard Y Chappell

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