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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'm not sure if this is what you have in mind but this is the paper I mention philpapers.org/rec/DEKEAT-5. There is someone who does the opposite (suggests that utilitarianism is an answer to the problem) but I have not read the paper yet philpapers.org/rec/JAQUFT.

Brendan de Kenessey, Ethics and the Limits of Armchair Sociology - PhilPapers

Contractualism and rule consequentialism both hold that whether a moral principle is true depends on what would happen if it were generally adopted as a basis for conduct. This paper argues ...

philpapers.org

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'll probably stick around for a couple of days just incase someone skeets a devastating objection

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Aug 8

Pausing my social media hiatus to say that my first paper 'The Problem with the 'Now What' Problem' is now out in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice! The paper is open access so anyone should be able to read it.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Problem with the ‘Now What’ Problem - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

It has long been assumed that the moral error theory faces a ‘Now What’ problem. The error theory says that all moral judgments are false, and the ‘Now What’ problem asks what we should do with our mo...

link.springer.com

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Jun 21

everyone at this conference is so lovely

Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Jun 19

arrived in frankfurt for frankmeta.7!

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Jun 19

arrived in frankfurt for frankmeta.7!

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Jun 11

this is a truly excellent album open.spotify.com/album/3pVuoi...

Total Cinema

Ken Yates · Album · 2025 · 11 songs

open.spotify.com

Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Jun 6

pacers are good at coming back in the 4th quarter…who knew?

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Jun 6

rocket man is already taken sadly

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Jun 6

i for one am waiting for trump to give elon a silly nickname before weighing in

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · Jun 6

SGA scoring a lot of points, shocking

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 29

not an athlete but a manager, and I think slightly less fanatical than napoli-maradona, but alex ferguson basically walks on water as far as the red half of manchester is concerned

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Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · May 28

Latest post. Don’t know how many I have still in me

helendecruz.substack.com/p/cant-take-...

Can’t take it with you

I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.

helendecruz.substack.com

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 27

misspelling the word typo is a new one

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 27

pretty notable that the fact magic admittedly cheated on his wife was pretty far behind homophobia and medical misunderstanding for reasons he left

Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 27

even on that list more than half either been divorced, cheated on their wives or worse and i don’t think it negatively affected any of their careers

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 27

in what universe has being a family man ever been a prerequisite for being the face of a sport

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 27

yes i’ve noticed the type don’t zoom in

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 27

writing about conceptual truth ☹️

writing about conceptual truth with a nice little drink 😁

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 26

kc has corrected me that i’m just hunting one octopus singular

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 26

we’ve recently gotten into boardgames, currently hunting octopi

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 23

yeah i looked at sabon but its a derivative of garamond so i think it has the same wacky italics - leaning towards palatino i think!

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 23

i did just look at cambria, i don’t love it either. I quite like Palatino but idk if it’s too silly for a thesis

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 23

what font did you guys use for your thesis? the italics on garamond is starting to irritate me

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Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 23

currently have an entire library to myself

Declan O'Gara @declanogara.bsky.social · May 22

i think it’s because smartphones and ipads are so easy to use that they basically never had need to learn anything more complicated

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