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Volume 73 (2018), 9

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Filozofia, 73 (2018), 9, 693-706.
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The paper deals with the fact-value distinction within the context of the value-free ideal of science. Drawing on some views of H. Putnam and J. Searle the author criticizes the dichotomic understanding of the fact-value relationship and argues that a strict distinction between science as a world of facts and morals as a world of values is unsustainable.… Čítať ďalej

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Filozofia, 73 (2018), 9, 707-716.
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In this paper, I introduce a new aporia, the aporia of perfection. This aporia includes three claims: (1) Ought implies possibility, (2) We ought to be perfect, and (3) It is not possible that we are perfect. All these propositions appear to be plausible when considered in themselves and there are interesting arguments for them. However, together they entail a… Čítať ďalej

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Filozofia, 73 (2018), 9, 717-730.
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How can we consider human subjectivity as ethical, granted that human beings are essentially interdependent, self-opaque, vulnerable and ambivalent in their attitudes? The aim of this paper is to tackle the question against the background of the relational notion of subjectivity developed in the ethics of care. First, we analyse Carol Gilligan’s theory of moral… Čítať ďalej

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Filozofia, 73 (2018), 9, 731-741.
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This paper is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the death of Hans Jonas. The article investigates ethical principles formulated by Jonas which still have influence on modern ethical thinking. The aim is to draw attention to his impact on current ethical conceptions and their principles, and to highlight the point that it was Jonas who enriched the idea of “… Čítať ďalej

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Filozofia, 73 (2018), 9, 742-754.
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Manipulation as a specific form of power is characterized by a close connection with freedom. This makes it a very complicated and at the same time unusually interesting concept (especially in the current context). In the first part, the author aims to clarify the correlation of manipulation with its related categories such as coercion, compulsion, violence, etc… Čítať ďalej

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Filozofia, 73 (2018), 9, 755-766.
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The study argues that Mill’s essay The Subjection of Women is a significant contribution to his ethical and socio-political thought. For his practical philosophy, the text is indispensable since it presents a more complex understanding of human being than given in his work On Liberty. The study argues that his later essay on the subjection of women implies a view… Čítať ďalej

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