Monthly Archives: June 2015

Let’s See What’s in the News Today (June 28, 2015)

Posted on June 28, 2015 by shaunmiller

Animals The ethics of pet food. Causation Ignore the headline.  Philosopher Stephen Mumford argues that causation does exist independently of our thoughts on it. Ethics Will your self-driving car be programmed to kill you? Mind The mind is a computer. … Continue reading →

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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (June 21, 2015)

Posted on June 21, 2015 by shaunmiller

Aesthetics Expensive wine is for suckers:  Economics An interesting study on how rich people can be jerks. Ethics A new movie will come out about the Stanford Prison Experiment:  Family In two-sibling families, adolescents who believed their parents favored their … Continue reading →

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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (June 14, 2015)

Posted on June 14, 2015 by shaunmiller

Climate Change A website dedicated to getting 100% renewable, clean energy.  It was built by engineers. Ethics Paul Bloom argues that imagining the lives of others (what he considers as empathy) is harder than “if we rely instead on more … Continue reading →

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