ethical theory

Why Care About the Moral Law?

When it hurts overall well-being

Feb 23 • Richard Y Chappell

What Ethical Theory Is

And why low-decouplers can't handle it

Feb 5 • Richard Y Chappell

Seeking Radical Deontology

Status quo harms should motivate reform

Nov 10, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

Inviolability and Importance

Kamm vs Kagan on Maximal Moral Status

Sep 3, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

How to Think about Collective Impact

Universalizability Done Right

Aug 25, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

Only Aggregationists Respect the Separateness of Persons

Separate people have independent value

Aug 13, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

Thinking Clearly about Reasons

Why practical reasons for belief are like reasons for chocolate

Aug 4, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

Autonomy Consequentialism

Maximizing respect for others' self-regarding preferences

Jul 14, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

Ethics Discussion with Daniel Muñoz

Hosted by Bentham's Bulldog

Jul 5, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell, Bentham's Bulldog, and Daniel Muñoz

2:20:04

Death isn't bad

But Life is Better

Jun 16, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

Deontologists Shouldn't Vote*

Quiet Deontology Wants Out of the Public Sphere

Jun 11, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

The Curse of Deontology

No-one can reasonably want others to successfully follow it

Jun 6, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

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