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Is there an Alternative to Liberalism?

Posted on 8 December 2012 by

The final project of the second year (of three) of my MA in Philosophy was supposed to give an answer to the question “Is there a serious alternative to liberalism as a political theory?” Here is what I wrote: I. … Continue reading →

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Punishment and Liberalism

Posted on 23 July 2012 by

The following essay was part of the second year of my MA in Philisophy and set out to examine which problems criminal punishment poses for liberalism, especially in view of John Rawls‘ theory of punishment in “A Theory of Justice”. This … Continue reading →

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John Rawls: “A Theory of Justice” versus his later works

Posted on 23 July 2012 by

This essay was part of the second year of my MA in Philosophy and concentrated on the work of one philosopher exclusively: John Rawls. If you haven’t read any of his work, I would advise against reading this essay. There will … Continue reading →

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Equality versus Sufficiency

Posted on 21 May 2012 by

The second paper in my second-year module Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy as part of my MA in Philosophy had to discuss the conflict between egalitarianism and the sufficiency criterion. Here are my thoughts on this, as always confined by the strict limit of … Continue reading →

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Functional Explanation in the Social Sciences

Posted on 22 March 2012 by

The first paper in my second-year module Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy as part of my MA in Philosophy had to address the following question: ‘Functional explanations are essential for the study of evolution. Evolutionary explanation through chance variation and … Continue reading →

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Punishment in light of the Reason Constraint

Posted on 21 September 2011 by

The last paper for my MA in Philosophy for this year was about the philosophy of punishment, a subject that I should have something to write about as a lawyer turned philosophy student. The exact essay questions was: “‘It is … Continue reading →

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The Self-Ownership Thesis

Posted on 3 September 2011 by

The following essay about the self-ownership thesis was written as part of my MA in Philosophy and tries to answer the question “‘The intuition that motivates the self-ownership thesis and that generates its inegalitarian consequences rests on the idea that I … Continue reading →

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Less or Fewer? A Company Name gone Wrong

Posted on 16 June 2011 by

Today at LSE library, I noticed an advertisement at the inside of a toilet door (the location might have been a foreboding) for a company that offers proofreading services: “Less Silly Errors: Proofreaders of Academic Essays”: Obviously, this company wanted … Continue reading →

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The Psychological Continuity Account

Posted on 26 April 2011 by

After I already published the first essay that I wrote for my MA Philosophy course at the Open University, I can now add the second essay after it has been graded and returned. This one tries to answer the question “What is … Continue reading →

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Must a person have both desires and values?

Posted on 16 March 2011 by

As one of the reasons behind taking up blogging was to gain writing experience in English for my studies, it might be fair to publish the essays that I am writing for my MA Philosophy course at the Open University, … Continue reading →

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