The Problems of Love from Sartre and Beauvoir to Irigaray
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Atlas: searching for data
Atlas is a great resource to look up charts of data on anything you need. I just looked up “race” and this is what it produced. I’ve also looked up “gender,” “students,” and “sex.” Sadly, “philosophers” didn’t turn up any … Continue reading
Aziz Ansari, Helen Fisher, and others Discuss Romantic Love in Modern Times
Last June, comedian Aziz Ansari and sociologist Eric Klinenberg wrote a book together called Modern Romance. The book discusses how technology has rapidly changed the way we view love and relationships such as breaking up over texts, emojis as ways of (mis)expressing … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Aug. 23, 2015)
Emotion Meditation can help encourage compassion and empathy. Gender A really good essay about how and why gender norms influence our daily social structure and behaviors. Health Adolescents who have sleep problems are more likely to self-harm. Humor Teenage Karl … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions, Gender, Health, Humor, Incarceration, Law, Race, Science, Sexuality, Technology
Tagged Emotions, Gender, Health, Humor, Incarceration, Law, Movies, Race, Science, Sexuality, Technology
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John Oliver on the Dismal Laws of US Sex ED
John Oliver delivers a top-notch video about what’s wrong with sex ed in America.
Sentencing People to Crimes They Didn’t Commit Yet
In a very interesting article, Pennsylvania is considering to base criminal charges not just on what crime was committed, but also whether that person is more likely to commit a crime in the future. How? Judges could receive statistically derived tools … Continue reading
Does being “born this way” have limitations?
Three new articles came out recently discussing same-sex attraction. What really struck me on both articles is the idea that being “born this way” should be done with. The first article is a short interview of Lisa Diamond. Lisa Diamond, … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Aug. 2, 2015)
Ethics The philosophy of jerks. What is a jerk? “the jerk culpably fails to appreciate the perspectives of others around him, treating them as tools to be manipulated or idiots to be dealt with rather than as moral and epistemic … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Mind, News, Race, Relationships, Sexuality
Tagged Atlas, Ethics, Mind, News, Race, Relationships, Sexuality, Sociology
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Lisa Tessman’s Moral Failure: On the Impossible Demands of Morality
There’s a nice book review of Tessman’s book. This paragraph really grabbed me and it inclined me to read the book when I get a chance: Tessman’s thesis is that there are some things that morality requires us to do … Continue reading
Jailing Teens for Being Sex Offenders
An interesting story from the NY Times came out recently. It’s about a young man, Zachary Anderson, 19, who, through social media, found a young woman to have sex with. The young woman told Anderson that she was 17. In truth, … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (July 19, 2015)
Abortion A study shows that about 95% of women who get an abortion have no regrets. Bioethics Hilde Lindemann makes a case for an opt-out system of organ donation rather than the default opt-in system. Culture American adults and teens … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Bioethics, Culture, Emotions, Ethics, Incarceration, Justice, Libertarianism, Marriage, News, Peter Singer, Race, Religion
Tagged Abortion, Bioethics, Culture, Emotions, Ethics, Incarceration, Justice, Libertarianism, Marriage, News, Peter Singer, Race, Religion
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Shaun Miller's Ideas 