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About shaunmiller

I have just completed a visiting position as an assistant professor at Dalhousie University. My ideas are not associated with my employer; they are expressions of my own thoughts and ideas. Some of them are just musings while others could be serious discussions that could turn into a bigger project. Besides philosophy, I enjoy martial arts (Kuk Sool Won), playing my violin, enjoying coffee around town, and experimenting with new food.

The World’s Worst Health Care Reforms

Posted on August 19, 2009 by shaunmiller

are apparently Russia, Turkmenistan, China, and the USA. You can read all about it here.  As the site says: The United States has the rare distinction of being both one of the world’s richest countries and having one of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, News | 4 Comments

Original Sin as an Analogy to Moral Inheritance

Posted on August 17, 2009 by shaunmiller

In mainstream Christianity, there’s the concept of Original Sin.  Basically, Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge and all of human kind inherited this sin.  So we are sinful because of what our ancestors did a long time ago. Does … Continue reading →

Posted in Paper Topic, Race, Religion | 7 Comments

How Different Groups Spend Their Day

Posted on August 16, 2009 by shaunmiller

A very cool site that’s very interactive showing through graphs and stats about how people have spent their time in 2008.  Check it here.

Posted in Culture, News | 1 Comment

Peter Singer on Health Care

Posted on August 14, 2009 by shaunmiller

The ever controversial philosopher, Peter Singer has opined his view that we need to reform health care and fast. You have advanced kidney cancer. It will kill you, probably in the next year or two. A drug called Sutent slows … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Peter Singer, Utilitarianism | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Answers to US Health Care

Posted on August 13, 2009 by shaunmiller

BBC has provided answers, in clear language, about our health care system and the proposals to fix it.

Posted in Health, News | 5 Comments

Sexist Jokes Provokes Tolerance of Violence Towards Women

Posted on August 12, 2009 by shaunmiller

In an interesting study, the results showed that telling sexist jokes creates an atmosphere where violence towards women is tolerable or perhaps acceptable.  In a way, it doesn’t surprise me.  I’ve talked about language and equality in a previous blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Language, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality | 10 Comments

Hillary Clinton’s Statement on CNN’s GPS

Posted on August 10, 2009 by shaunmiller

This past Sunday on Fareed Zarkia’s GPS on CNN, Hillary Clinton said something that I found striking.  Indeed, it sounds similar to Rawls.  This is what she said roughly: There must be, what we would call a safety net, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Health, News, Politics | 2 Comments

Economic Models from Left to Right

Posted on August 8, 2009 by shaunmiller

Newsweek brought in an interesting graph of economists from the left and right.  I’ll just repeat it below.  From the top, it starts from left to right: Karl Marx (1818-1883): Believed in total government control of the economy rather than … Continue reading →

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Classes for my Ph. D. School – Fall 2009

Posted on August 3, 2009 by shaunmiller

Next year, I’m going to Marquette University for my Ph. D.  However, I’m going to buy the books and act as if I was in the class.  I figure that this would at least give me some good preparation for … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 7 Comments

Movie Review: (500) Days of Summer

Posted on August 2, 2009 by shaunmiller

As you know, I don’t do movie reviews unless the movie is really good and (500) Days of Summer is really good.  Simply put, you must see this movie.  I can’t quite explain why it’s good.  Maybe it’s because it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | 3 Comments