Philosophy
There is a certain sense of moral superiority among those who do everything needed in order to keep themselves in good physical shape. Working out is hard and painful. It takes discipline in the gym and more importantly, to get to the gym. Not eating the junk that is constantly being shoved under your nose in reality and advertising takes intentionality. Surely, we have a moral obligation to our health. Does this justify a sense of righteousness (expressed or not) by those who treat their bodies like a temple or is it merely a reflection of our current fashion, what we deem physically attractive?
- Iethics
Guest post from C.Ewing today: Let us say that we have a person H. Person H happens to posses a wondrous technological device, which for any given morally pertinent situation will provide the proper steps/actions to resolve the situation/dilemma/problem...
- Moral Obligation And Surrogate Motherhood
Another question from C.Ewing: This brought up the periodic question you seem to have of just where the moral imperative line is drawn. It seems to me that "super" just can't be applied to ethical mandates. At any given time you either are or are...
- The World's Most Expensive Joke
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This weekend's sermon is about sacrificing for Comic righteousness. Yes, doing the funny thing is not always easy, as we discussed a few weeks ago, and sometimes doing the funny thing is not...
- But I Don't Want Tofurky And I'm Not The One On The Atkins Diet
Here's one to follow up on the question of tolerance that we've been batting around. It's a question that my aunt asked last weekend. "Why is it that when someone with a dietary restriction comes to your house you are expected to cater to...
- Peter Singer - The Life You Can Save, In 3 Minutes
We all like to think that we are good, moral, compassionate people. Of course, that's always easier said than done. Often, we tend to consider ourselves good simply because we are not out doing evil stuff, but not doing evil doesn't make you good;...
Philosophy
On the Self-Righteousness of the Fit
There is a certain sense of moral superiority among those who do everything needed in order to keep themselves in good physical shape. Working out is hard and painful. It takes discipline in the gym and more importantly, to get to the gym. Not eating the junk that is constantly being shoved under your nose in reality and advertising takes intentionality. Surely, we have a moral obligation to our health. Does this justify a sense of righteousness (expressed or not) by those who treat their bodies like a temple or is it merely a reflection of our current fashion, what we deem physically attractive?
- Iethics
Guest post from C.Ewing today: Let us say that we have a person H. Person H happens to posses a wondrous technological device, which for any given morally pertinent situation will provide the proper steps/actions to resolve the situation/dilemma/problem...
- Moral Obligation And Surrogate Motherhood
Another question from C.Ewing: This brought up the periodic question you seem to have of just where the moral imperative line is drawn. It seems to me that "super" just can't be applied to ethical mandates. At any given time you either are or are...
- The World's Most Expensive Joke
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This weekend's sermon is about sacrificing for Comic righteousness. Yes, doing the funny thing is not always easy, as we discussed a few weeks ago, and sometimes doing the funny thing is not...
- But I Don't Want Tofurky And I'm Not The One On The Atkins Diet
Here's one to follow up on the question of tolerance that we've been batting around. It's a question that my aunt asked last weekend. "Why is it that when someone with a dietary restriction comes to your house you are expected to cater to...
- Peter Singer - The Life You Can Save, In 3 Minutes
We all like to think that we are good, moral, compassionate people. Of course, that's always easier said than done. Often, we tend to consider ourselves good simply because we are not out doing evil stuff, but not doing evil doesn't make you good;...