Michael Cholbi
@thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social
'No true Scotsman': US-ish philosopher HQ'd in Edinburgh. Death & dying, work & labor, Kantian ethics, paternalism, etc.. Unapologetic coffee snob. More at https://michael.cholbi.com/ and https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/michael-cholbi
Soon to appear in my co-edited Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Suicide global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Soon to appear in my co-edited Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Suicide global.oup.com/academic/pro...
And the paper on which it's based philpapers.org/rec/CHOPAT-3
Michael Cholbi, Paternalism and the Ethics of Suicide Prevention - PhilPapers
Suicide prevention is often justified by appeal to paternalism, i.e., to the putative fact that individuals typically engage in suicide based on the mistaken belief that a premature death would be ...
philpapers.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And the paper on which it's based philpapers.org/rec/CHOPAT-3
Don't know if fall vibe's your thing, but this is the National Gallery of Scotland from the Princes Street garden in Edinburgh this morning
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Don't know if fall vibe's your thing, but this is the National Gallery of Scotland from the Princes Street garden in Edinburgh this morning
They're not dangerous enough, you're unlikely to kill someone with a bike
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
They're not dangerous enough, you're unlikely to kill someone with a bike