Archive - Travis Talks

Decisively Refuting Speciesism

Debunking the most societally accepted form of bigotry

Aug 12 •

July 2025

Objections To Subjectivism Are Terrible

Some might say stance-independently terrible...

Jul 30 •

On Moral Offsetting

And the doing/allowing distinction

Jul 14 •

March 2025

What Speciesism Is and Isn't

Clearing up some common misconceptions

Mar 6 •

January 2025

David Enoch May Be An Objectivist About Ethics - But I'm Not

Responding to a David Enoch paper that purports to show I'm a moral realist

Jan 19 •

November 2024

On My View About Moral Requirements

Responding to Talis again

Nov 19, 2024 •

October 2024

Talking To Talis: Are Error Theory and Subjectivism Absurd?

Continuing the dialogue...

Oct 18, 2024 •

Error Theory and Subjectivism Still Do Not Entail Absurd and Unacceptable Results

Talis' arguments against error theory and subjectivism trade in equivocations, ambiguities, and falsehoods

Oct 15, 2024 •

Do Error Theory and Subjectivism Entail Absurd and Unacceptable Results?

Purported problems with anti-realist theories are often just a matter of misleadingly implying they're saddled with unsavory normative implications that…

Oct 9, 2024 •

August 2024

Contra Reilly on Bestiality and Natural Law

Natural law theory is not a good explanation for the impermissibility of bestiality

Aug 1, 2024 •

July 2024

Contra Reilly on Name The Trait and Abortion

Why Name The Trait works as an argument for veganism but not as one against abortion

Jul 28, 2024 •

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