https://philosophie-delor.github.io/en/categories/book-review/Recent content in Book Review on Philosophie-DelorHugoenFrieder DelorMon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://philosophie-delor.github.io/en/philosophy/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:38:41 +0200https://philosophie-delor.github.io/en/philosophy/<p>This section contains my contributions to philosophy. Its main focus is ethics and metaethics, especially the development of a naturalistic and evolutionary ethics.</p> <p>A central subject of my work is the is-ought problem. I examine why traditional and contemporary ethical theories fail to provide a satisfactory foundation for ethics, and develop a positive reconstruction on that basis.</p> <p>The section also includes foundational work, critical essays, and reviews. Some of these texts use satire. The satirical elements serve to illustrate the arguments, improve accessibility, and provide entertainment. The underlying criticism is nevertheless meant seriously.</p>https://philosophie-delor.github.io/en/critics/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://philosophie-delor.github.io/en/critics/<p>This section contains critical discussions of philosophical theories, arguments, and books. Its main focus is on ethical and metaethical approaches, their assumptions, and their explanatory power.</p> <p>The articles examine both classical positions and contemporary theories. They include criticism of Kant, ontic ethics, speech-act theory, and more recent approaches in moral philosophy. Some texts also review philosophical books and analyze their arguments.</p>https://philosophie-delor.github.io/en/satire/Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://philosophie-delor.github.io/en/satire/<p>This section contains serious criticism combined with satirical elements. The texts address philosophical theories, arguments, and books, presenting their weaknesses in a deliberately exaggerated and entertaining form.</p> <p>The style is partly inspired by Douglas Adams. The humorous presentation is intended to illustrate the arguments and make them more accessible. The underlying philosophical criticism remains serious.</p> <p>This section contains serious criticism combined with satirical elements. The texts address philosophical theories, arguments, and books, presenting their weaknesses in a deliberately exaggerated and entertaining form.</p>https://philosophie-delor.github.io/en/critics/sauer_moral/Sun, 10 May 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://philosophie-delor.github.io/en/critics/sauer_moral/<h2 id="the-invention-of-good-and-evil-a-world-history-of-morality--how-professor-hanno-sauer-arrives-at-wishful-morality-through-fallacies">The Invention of Good and Evil: A World History of Morality – How Professor Hanno Sauer Arrives at Wishful Morality Through Fallacies<a class="anchor" href="#the-invention-of-good-and-evil-a-world-history-of-morality--how-professor-hanno-sauer-arrives-at-wishful-morality-through-fallacies" aria-label="Link"></a></h2> <p>Professor Hanno Sauer (2024), in his book <em>The Invention of Good and Evil: A World History of Morality</em>, claims to reconstruct the emergence of morality from evolution, cooperation, and culture in a scientific manner. He promises an objective derivation of how sanctions and norms made us what we are today. The book does not redeem this claim at any point. Instead of an open-ended reconstruction, Sauer engages in extensive cherry-picking among findings and theories in order to support a specific left-progressive moral philosophy. Whatever fits his worldview is elaborated at length; whatever contradicts it is ignored or pushed into psychology.</p>