Philosophy as Therapy

 

 Working papers by Socrethics                                                     

 

 

 

             Biological and Sociocultural Evolution

 

The Biological Evolution of Pain

 

How could pain increase in the course of biological evolution?

The Cultural Evolution of Suffering

 

Does suffering decrease with cultural evolution?

On the Perception of Risk and Benefit

Does technology improve the benefit/risk ratio?

 

Eine interdisziplinäre Betrachtung zur Willensfreiheit

 

Wie frei ist der menschliche Wille?

Cultural Pessimism and Therapy

 

How to cope with cultural pessimism?

 

 

Philosophy of Economics and Law

 

Short History of Welfare Economics

 

Does welfare economics contribute to happiness?

Negative Utilitarianism and Justice

 

Can suffering be compensated by happiness?

Negative Utilitarian Priorities

 

What’s wrong about the Copenhagen Consensus?

 

 

            Population Ethics

 

Hostility and the Minimization of Suffering

 

Does the minimization of suffering lead to a hostile philosophy?

On the Buddhist Truths and the Paradoxes in Population Ethics

 

How many people should there be?

The Denial of the World and Objective Reason

 

Is there an objective valuation of the world?

 

 

            Philosophy of Life

 

The Moral Ideal of the Complete Life

 

Is it reasonable to promote a universal ideal of the human character?

Moralischer Perfektionismus und Gerechtigkeit

 

Welchen moralischen Stellenwert hat Selbstverwirklichung?

Erkenntnis und Transzendenz in der Lebenspraxis

 

Wie können Vernunft und Religion versöhnt werden?

Konkurrierende Lebensziele

 

Warum gibt es keine widerspruchsfreie Lebensphilosophie?

Moral Relativism and the Search for Happiness

 

Does the result of happiness research depend on the method?

The Controllability of Life Satisfaction

 

Are we the architects of our own fortune?

 

 

Book Reviews

 

Michael Hampe – Das vollkommene Leben

 

Was ist eine vernünftige Lebensweise?

Michael Hampe – Tunguska

 

Wie hängt Ethik mit Naturphilosophie zusammen?