I am not committed in any way to the traditional concept of character - the concept of "character trait" as involving predictable… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
I don't think any of my desires or beliefs or other mental states are external to me. Many people will occasionally feel… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
A very tall man once asked a question after my talk. Before beginning his question, he explained that the reason he was… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Sometimes we deliberate - for example when we plan a long trip or - if we are not math wizards - when… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
A person is praiseworthy for a right action to the extent that her action manifests, and is rationalized by, good will, that… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
"Externality" is a different phenomenon from akrasia and doesn't always come with it. The set of desires and actions from which one… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Characters in Hollywood movies encounter a lot of car chases. Characters in novels rarely wash their hands or do their laundry. And… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
I am an atheist. I don't think there's anything divine. Beautiful, impressive, awe-inspiring - sure, but not divine. — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Other things being equal, ill will is worse than moral indifference (as in causing suffering for money vs causing suffering to cause suffering), though… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Duties concern things that are voluntary. I do think that if you have a moral duty to bring me back the book you borrowed,… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Sometimes I suspect that there are two prototypes of philosophers who write about humans - I call them "celestials" and "terrestrials", without implying that… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
When you find yourself reluctant to sit on a chair because it had unexpectedly collapsed in the past you might shake your head and… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
If I make a stupid decision but don't execute it because I'm, say, lazy, then I'm lucky, not rational. However, at other times a… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
If I am told my loving you had to happen because of some Freudian stuff about my childhood, that might be degrading or deflationary,… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
I am not committed in any way to the traditional concept of character - the concept of "character trait" as involving predictable behavior. I… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
I don't think any of my desires or beliefs or other mental states are external to me. Many people will occasionally feel alienated from… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Incompatibilists will tell you that a work of art has no meaning unless the artists could have chosen to create a different one, but… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Though we think intrinsic desires tend to be pretty stable, we do not think they imply anything like the amount of predictability in behavior… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Suppose a student of mine writes in her exam that "morality is completely relative to culture, so nothing is absolutely right or wrong. Because… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
