PinnedRiley Truman MooreWhy We Should Read Saul BellowSaul Bellow is the best American writer. You should read him. And then read him again.Oct 16, 2022Oct 16, 2022
Riley Truman MooreAny Last Words?The establishment of capital punishment is self-defeating — the state exists to prevent murder, not carry it out.Oct 11, 2020Oct 11, 2020
Riley Truman MooreFake and Bullshit NewsI offer a distinction between fake and bullshit news and adjudicate which is a larger threat to public discourse and moral decency.Jul 26, 2020Jul 26, 2020
Riley Truman MooreImprisoning Drug Addicts is ImmoralPlacing victims of drug abuse next to arsonists and thieves is ethically troublesome. The, “War on Drugs” ought to have never been waged.Mar 4, 2020Mar 4, 2020
Riley Truman MooreThe Moral Case Against Eating MeatMany are convinced they love animals, yet continue to fund mass scale slaughter houses.Feb 28, 2020Feb 28, 2020
Riley Truman MooreThe Morality of Drinking and DrivingDrinking and driving is clearly immoral, however, should we hold people responsible on the basis of luck?Feb 25, 2020Feb 25, 2020
Riley Truman MooreNiccolo Machiavelli: Fear and LoveNiccolo Machiavelli, despite writing in the sixteenth century, is blushing with wisdom and skill.Jan 7, 2020Jan 7, 2020
Riley Truman MooreMoral Intuitions: Incest and Chocolate CakeIntuitions guide your moral framework, and, for instance, tell you why incest is bad and why chocolate cake isn’t in your best interest.Dec 15, 2019Dec 15, 2019
Riley Truman MooreUtilitarianism: Sally’s Experience Pill and Larry’s ConvictionTwo elementary thought experiments undermine a sophisticated meta-ethical theory.Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019
Riley Truman MooreSpotting a Monster: Rapists, Serial Killers, and KidnappersFBI Special Agent John Douglass, the real life Holden Ford from Netflix’s Mindhunter, exposes the behavioral differences in savage…Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019
