PEA Brain Dave Shoemaker, paraphrasing his colleague, Steve Wall, suggested only half in jest that all philosophers who are sports fans really want to write […] Read More
Category: Applied Ethics
This is my Left2Right wanna-be post. Many evangelical Christians recently advocated various state measures that would have prolonged the life of Terri Schiavo. I doubt […] Read More
One of our readers has suggested that one of us post something on last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine piece on stem cells and animals. […] Read More
All are invited to attend the tenth annual Cal Poly Ethics Conference, to be held May 5-6. (Yours truly is an organizer). The topic is […] Read More
Here’s a news item (login required [free account]) that some readers might find interesting: the CDC has set up a permanent ethics panel on the […] Read More
I’ve recently found myself having to deal more and more with the gnarly issue of souls in my work. My research focuses primarily on the […] Read More
Ever come across an argument that you just know can’t be right but you can’t pin down its flaw? I had that experience recently while […] Read More
I recently returned from an NEH-sponsored seminar on punishment at Amherst College. I learned an enormous amount and am full of ideas for papers on […] Read More
I thought I would point to two interesting ethics posts by Marc Moffett, master blogger at Close Range and Rational Hunter, philosopher of language at […] Read More