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Is there such a thing as an immoral promise?
Or is an immoral or wicked promise not a real “promise” qua promise at all? In either case, we need to have some reliable method of determining right from wrong, yet most (if not all) theories of promissory obligation fail … Continue reading
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5-minute flick
Most movies nowadays are just way too long. (Does Captain America, for example, really need to be 2 hours and 27 minutes long?) Here, by contrast, is a wonderful five-minute film (via digg). Tell us what you think …
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Next Lecture: Contracts & Fraud
Part 1 — Contracts (Lessons 3 & 4) “The Social Network” (the film version of our assigned book “Accidental Billionaires”) depicts an ill-fated promise. After the Winklevoss twins introduce themselves to fellow classmate Mark Zuckerberg, they pitch him their idea for … Continue reading
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Indeterminate chess rules
In the course of writing up our paper on “immoral promises,” we searched for and read the essay “Wicked Promises” by J.E.J. Altham, and in the process of obtaining Altham’s essay, we stumbled upon a short paper by Ian Hacking … Continue reading
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Is an immoral promise a paradox or a contradiction?
Have you ever made an “immoral promise,” i.e. have you ever promised to do something wrongful, like tell a lie or steal? (By the way, how does one decide when something is wrongful?) Is such a promise even logically possible; … Continue reading
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Metamorphosis
In honor of Cuban Independence Day (20 de mayo).
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The Sith buy out the Jedi
In the fictional world of Star Wars, the Jedi are the good guys; the Sith, the bad guys. The evil Sith use the dark side of the Force to destroy the Jedi Order and to rule the galaxy for themselves. … Continue reading
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Was Facemash illegal or just unethical?
In our second class (May 19th), we are going to re-enact Mark Zuckerberg’s “Ad Board” hearing at Harvard. (Some background: Before he launched Facebook, Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerburg created a website called Facemash in the fall of 2003. In brief, Facemash … Continue reading
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