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Seeking Radical Deontology
Status quo harms should motivate reform
Nov 10 • 
Richard Y Chappell
Inviolability and Importance
Kamm vs Kagan on Maximal Moral Status
Sep 3 • 
Richard Y Chappell
How to Think about Collective Impact
Universalizability Done Right
Aug 25 • 
Richard Y Chappell
Only Aggregationists Respect the Separateness of Persons
Separate people have independent value
Aug 13 • 
Richard Y Chappell
Thinking Clearly about Reasons
Why practical reasons for belief are like reasons for chocolate
Aug 4 • 
Richard Y Chappell
Autonomy Consequentialism
Maximizing respect for others' self-regarding preferences
Jul 14 • 
Richard Y Chappell
Ethics Discussion with Daniel Muñoz
Hosted by Bentham's Bulldog
Jul 5 • 
Richard Y Chappell
, 
Bentham's Bulldog
, and 
Daniel Muñoz
2:20:04
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
The Curse of Deontology
No-one can reasonably want others to successfully follow it
Jun 6 • 
Richard Y Chappell
Moral Theories Lack Confidence
Be careful how you personify them
May 30 • 
Richard Y Chappell
Moral Intuitions Track Virtue Signals
From Trolleys to Drowning Children
Mar 22 • 
Richard Y Chappell
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