David T. Risser

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What, if anything, do people from rich, developed countries owe to those who are poor from disadvantaged areas of the globe?

This is a question of global distributive justice. It has been argued by some, that the disproportionately rich countries of the world do not really deserve their prosperity, because to some...

10 October 2016 2,447 3 View

Are human rights discovered or invented?

Perhaps the most best known statement of human rights is the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. While there may be disagreement about the particular rights articulated in the Declaration,...

05 May 2016 7,355 28 View

Is a person responsible for his or her own character? Why so? Or why not?

A person's moral character is a central concern for many philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to contemporary virtue theorists. But there is disagreement among them as to whether or not a person...

03 March 2016 9,806 34 View

Do you agree or disagree that there is a separate morality, appropriate to politics, but one which conflicts with conventional or private morality?

This persistent question is often known as the problem of "dirty hands" (from Sartre). First, this question excludes actions by political leaders which are merely aimed at benefiting the...

11 November 2014 9,394 25 View

Does a prism affect electromagnetic waves passing through it, other than those light waves visible to the human eye?

I am a non-physicist.

04 April 2014 4,817 12 View