Category Archives: Books

Benatar Part Five: Population and Extinction

Posted on July 19, 2011 by shaunmiller

In part one, I went through Benatar’s argument on why coming into existence is a harm. In part two, I went through Benatar’s argument on just how harmful coming into existence is. In part three, I went through Benatar’s anti-natalism. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Natalism, Books, Environment, Ethics | 6 Comments

Benatar Part Four: The “Pro-Death” View

Posted on July 12, 2011 by shaunmiller

In part one, I looked at Benatar’s argument for why coming into existence is always bad. In part two, I looked at Benatar’s argument on how bad coming into existence really is. In part three, I looked at Benatar’s anti-natalist position … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Anti-Natalism, Books, Values | 33 Comments

Benatar Part Three: His Anti-Natalist Position

Posted on July 5, 2011 by shaunmiller

In part one, I looked at his argument on why coming into existence is a harm. In part two, I looked at why always coming into existence is always a harm and how harmful coming into existence really is. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Natalism, Books, Children, Ethics, Values | 6 Comments

Bleeding Heart Libertarian Blog is Reading Nozick’s Anarchy, State and Utopia

Posted on July 1, 2011 by shaunmiller

There’s a reading on the Bleeding Heart Libertarian blog.  I’ll index below and update it as the blog goes forward. Correcting One Big Misreading of Nozick: On The Structure of Anarchy, State, and Utopia Strange Absences in Anarchy, State, and … Continue reading →

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Go the F**k to Sleep as Read by Samuel L. Jackson

Posted on June 15, 2011 by shaunmiller

In a previous post, I wrote about child’s book entitled Go the F**k to Sleep.  Now, you can listen to it appropriately read by Samuel L. Jackson:  

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If I Ever Have Kids…

Posted on May 16, 2011 by shaunmiller

…this is the book I’ll read to them. Here’s a page from the book:

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New Book Out

Posted on April 5, 2011 by shaunmiller

I’ve written my Master’s Thesis entitled “The Problem of Love from Sartre and Beauvoir to Irigaray.”   I was really proud of it, but over time, I have changed my mind.  At any rate, I have it published if any … Continue reading →

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Theories for the Middle East Conflict

Posted on August 3, 2010 by shaunmiller

As promised from a previous post, I would present some theories or models as to why there’s a huge conflict in the Middle East.  These aren’t my views.  They are views that I have picked up over time and have … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Culture, Economics, Experts, Global Warming, Government, Middle East, Paper Topic, Politics, Religion, Soldiers, Values, War | 4 Comments

Brain Rules!!

Posted on December 8, 2009 by shaunmiller

If you go here, you can check out some brain rules.  I’ve read the book and it’s a very fast read.  I’ll also include it on my blogroll. The point behind all this is that we have an idea how … Continue reading →

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Professionals vs. Kitch

Posted on July 14, 2008 by shaunmiller

I met someone new recently.  As with any new people, you ask him/her questions to get to know the person.  So I asked him, “what are you planning to do for a career?”  He said that he was aspiring to … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Books, Epistemology, Experts, Paper Topic | 10 Comments