Bertrand Russell: meta-ethical pioneer

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Bertrand Russell was a meta-ethical pioneer who formulated the emotivism and the error theory. His arguments of emotivism provide a better explanation of ethics than the error theory. However, Russell dismissed the error theory and reverted to emotivism. The reason perhaps was that the idea of being a professional hypocrite, despite being a moralist, did not appeal to him. His error theory also has several fallacies. His theory reflects his naturalistic fallacy and he fouls his own and G. E. Moore's arguments against subjectivity. Russell's semantics need to be dismissed to amend these fallacies.

Ethics, Emotions (Philosophy)

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Russell: the last great radical?

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Bertrand Russell's radicalism resembles that of Tom Paine, since Russell disliked anyone to use their property rights without considering the general utility of those rights. He did not aspire for state socialism but a form of pluralist, semisyndicalist organization. He presented many theories on warfare and nuclear disarmament but failed to provide elaborate explanations for these thoughts. Education was also the center of his politics and his radicalism is reflected in his views regarding the education of very young children. His views on power, property, warfare and education are discussed.

Education, Property, Political science, Nuclear warfare, Political philosophy, Power (Philosophy), Educational philosophy

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The tiger and the machine: D.H. Lawrence and Bertrand Russell

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D.H. Lawrence and Bertrand Russell collaborated intellectually during 1915 but later Russell discarded the views held by Lawrence and also his political program. While Lawrence and Russell were engaged in exploring the possibility of going beyond the self in search of the infinite, their methods to achieve this differed radically. This difference ultimately enabled them to view each other as the personification of the egoism they struggled to transcend. The similarities and differences in their views are presented and their friendship and intellectual collaboration discussed.

Self, Egotism, Self (Psychology), Lawrence, D.H.

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