Towards an Object-Oriented Ethics: Schopenhauer, Spinoza, and the Physics of Objective Evil
Objects are inert, passive, devoid of will, and as such bear no intrinsic value or moral worth. This claim is supported by the argument that to be considered a moral agent one must have a conscious will and be sufficiently free to act in accordance with that will. Since material objects, it is assum...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2018-08-01
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| Series: | Open Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2018-0006 |