How Theists Can Answer the “Why be Moral?” Question: An Indirect Reason‐Generation Account
Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, I give a new type of theistic answer to the “Why be moral?” question. After briefly clarifying the version of the question I'm concerned with, as well as extant theistic answers to the question, I argue for a new kind of answer. Roughly, while on standard answers, future (post death) benefits directly generate present reason to ...
Justin Morton
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The Effect of Maternal Pertussis Vaccination on Neonatal Health Outcomes in the Dutch Pregnancy Drug Register. [PDF]
Birth Defects ResWoestenberg PJ +7 more
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Powers That Be: An Adventure in Metaphysics
Philosophical Investigations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper is an investigation into the increasingly popular trend amongst philosophers on the metaphysics of powers, exemplified by the statement: ‘To be real is to possess a power to affect (or to be affected by) other things’. First, I briefly trace the history of this idea (from the Eleatic dialectic of ancient times to present day quantum
David Rozema
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Development and Launch of a Dutch Mobile App (MediMama) on Over-the-Counter Medication Safety During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Development and Usability Study. [PDF]
JMIR Mhealth UhealthMaas VY +5 more
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G.H. von Wright's Biographical Sketch of Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophical Investigations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article presents the history of Georg Henrik von Wright's well‐known biographical sketch of Ludwig Wittgenstein, which first appeared in English in 1955 and was later included in Norman Malcolm's Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir. It will be shown that von Wright, during the years 1954–1984, published as many as six versions of the ...
Bernt Österman
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Cinematic Rendering in Anatomy Education: Revolutionizing Visual Learning. [PDF]
CureusSarangi PK +3 more
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Consent and the Formation of Preferences
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Under ideal conditions, explicit consent and related actions usually change the moral facts in a distinctive way: they make something permissible that was previously impermissible. But they don't do this if the consent is coerced. And it seems they also don't do it if the preferences on which the consent is based were formed in particular ways:
Richard Pettigrew
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Dreams and Paintings: Descartes, Dream Skepticism, and the Constitution of Mental States
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contemporary epistemologists typically read Descartes’ dream argument as an argument for external world skepticism. This paper argues that Descartes’ own development of the issues suggests otherwise and enquires into the reasons for this divergence.
Mario Schärli
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Secondary data analysis of Adverse Drug Reactions reported by healthcare professionals and patients: interventions to manage ADRs of ACE inhibitors and ARBs. [PDF]
Eur J Clin PharmacolSpronk SH +5 more
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