Moralisches Glück Ein Fall von moralischem Glück liegt immer dann vor, wenn Glück einen moralischen Unterschied macht. Das Problem des moralischen Glücks entsteht aus einem Konflikt zwischen der scheinbar weit verbreiteten Intuition, dass Fälle von moralischem Glück nicht auftreten sollten, und der Tatsache, dass es wohl unmöglich ist, das Auftreten solcher Fälle zu verhindern. Die Literatur über moralisches Glück begann ernsthaft im Gefolge von Veröffentlichungen von

John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (1866–1925) J. M. E. McTaggart is a British idealist, best known for his argument for the unreality of time and for his system of metaphysics advocating personal idealism. By the early twentieth century, the philosophical movement known as British Idealism was waning, while the ‘new realism’ (later dubbed ‘analytic philosophy’) was gaining momentum. Although McTaggart’s commitment to idealism never faltered, Er

Omniscience and Divine Foreknowledge Omniscience is an attribute having to do with knowledge; it is the attribute of “having knowledge of everything.” Many philosophers consider omniscience to be an attribute possessed only by a divine being, such as the God of Western monotheism. Aber, the Eastern followers of Jainism allow omniscience to be an attribute of some human beings. But what exactly is it to

Plato: Theaetetus The Theaetetus is one of the middle to later dialogues of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Plato was Socrates’ student and Aristotle’s teacher. As in most of Plato’s dialogues, the main character is Socrates. In the Theaetetus, Socrates converses with Theaetetus, a boy, and Theodorus, his mathematics teacher. Although this dialogue features Plato’s most sustained discussion on the concept of knowledge, it fails to

Modal Illusions We often talk about how things could have been, given different circumstances, or about how things might be in the future. When we speak this way, we presume that these situations are possible. Aber, sometimes people make mistakes regarding what is possible or regarding what could have been the case. When what seems possible to a person is not really possible, this person

Jean Bodin (c. 1529—1596) The humanist philosopher and jurist Jean Bodin was one of the most prominent political thinkers of the sixteenth century. His reputation is largely based on his account of sovereignty which he formulated in the Six Books of the Commonwealth. Bodin lived at a time of great upheaval, when France was ravaged by the wars of religion between the Catholics and the