unfoldway
@unfoldway.bsky.social
A struggling philosopher who constantly thinks about practical reason, autonomy and legitimacy.
The smoking gun: “Precisely because it represents a settled conviction shared by people whose other evaluative commitments may differ profoundly, the idea of society as a fair system of cooperation among free and equal people has a special importance in modern constitutional democracies.”
Samuel Scheffler’s critique of luck egalitarianism comes off quite political liberalism to me. He argues that the metaphysical debate about free will should have no place in egalitarianism, and equality is essentially a moral, social and political ideal, rather than a metaphysical one.
February 16, 2026 at 9:48 AM
The smoking gun: “Precisely because it represents a settled conviction shared by people whose other evaluative commitments may differ profoundly, the idea of society as a fair system of cooperation among free and equal people has a special importance in modern constitutional democracies.”
Samuel Scheffler’s critique of luck egalitarianism comes off quite political liberalism to me. He argues that the metaphysical debate about free will should have no place in egalitarianism, and equality is essentially a moral, social and political ideal, rather than a metaphysical one.
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Samuel Scheffler’s critique of luck egalitarianism comes off quite political liberalism to me. He argues that the metaphysical debate about free will should have no place in egalitarianism, and equality is essentially a moral, social and political ideal, rather than a metaphysical one.
The worst two words in the world: in hindsight.
February 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The worst two words in the world: in hindsight.
I’ve been thinking about guilt and shame a lot. Rawls says that guilt is other-regarded and shame is self-regarded. That’s probably why feeling shameful is so much harder than guilty. Guilt comes easily, disguising itself as morality even when there’s no real moral self-control.
January 31, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I’ve been thinking about guilt and shame a lot. Rawls says that guilt is other-regarded and shame is self-regarded. That’s probably why feeling shameful is so much harder than guilty. Guilt comes easily, disguising itself as morality even when there’s no real moral self-control.