Philosophy Now Forum

Prima Facie Duties: Seven, or just One? In Issue #137, Toni Vogel Carey wrestled with conflicts of duty. In doing so, she highlighted the work of duty ethicist W. D. Ross. In this excellent article she describes duty ethicists as those who “look to the act itself, and ask whether it corresponds to a...

In Paul O'Mahoney's article, “Our Nietzschean Future” (Philosophy Now, #137), he discusses “the awful fate Nietzsche predicts for humanity.” He tells us that Nietzsche saw himself “as humanity's guide through and beyond the coming upheaval,” and that Nietzsche predicted that one day his name would b...