Death

• An advocate for right-to-die, Brittany Maynard, has ended her life from an incurable brain tumor.

Drugs

• What happens when you decriminalize drugs?  You’d think drug use would go up, but it actually goes down.  Here’s a case study in Portugal.

Free Will

• Website from Alfred Mele dedicated to Free Will.  Lots of other philosophers make remarks here too.

Parenting

• Adam Swift on Parental Partiality on Philosophy Bites.

Politics

• Obama is a Republican.
• From Bleeding Heart Libertarian, the saying “If you don’t vote, you have no right to complain” doesn’t make any sense.

Relationships

• The Joys of Polyamory

Science

• Was there a sound in history that was so loud that people could hear it 3000 miles away?  Apparently, there was a volcano that exploded in 1883.  Interesting factoid from the site: the decibels were so loud that it could melt concrete just from the sound!  Now that’s loud.

Sexuality

• An argument for affirmative consent in sex, or sometimes known as “Yes Means Yes.”

Teaching

• Philosophy teachers looking to diversify their syllabi can check out this new website.  This’ll be on the blogroll.

Will

• Understanding and Controlling Self-Control.