Category Archives: Ethics

To Wear a Mask or Not during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on September 13, 2020 by shaunmiller

I wrote a piece for the Prindle Post about wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here it is: The COVID-19 pandemic is a worldwide phenomenon that has disrupted people’s lives and the economy. Currently, the United States leads COVID cases in … Continue reading →

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Building a Democratic Hedonism Part Three

Posted on October 21, 2019 by shaunmiller

In part one, I discussed how to build a democratic hedonism through sex education that was inspired by Joseph Fischel’s book Screw Consent. The first post focused on developing our sexual emotions and I offered that one route to do that … Continue reading →

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Building a Democratic Hedonism Part Two

Posted on May 28, 2019 by shaunmiller

In a previous post, I discussed how to build a democratic hedonism through sex education that was inspired by Joseph Fischel’s book Screw Consent. I discussed that a revamped sex education is a way to do it and that one route … Continue reading →

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Building a Democratic Hedonism Part One

Posted on May 26, 2019 by shaunmiller

Joseph J. Fischel’s book, Screw Consent, has brought up some nice challenges to our notions of sexual consent. I would serious recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about sexual autonomy, sexual consent, and our sexual culture at … Continue reading →

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Why Sex Education Needs Philosophy

Posted on July 6, 2018 by shaunmiller

I wrote a post explaining why sex ed needs philosophy. Continue reading →

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Ideas That Matter with Gregory Sadler

Posted on May 30, 2018 by shaunmiller

About two months ago, Dr. Gregory Sadler—also a public philosopher and also known as the YouTube Philosopher—and I had a discussion about my work. We discussed philosophy of sex, particularly with my research in the three different moral types of … Continue reading →

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The Complexities of Affirmative Consent

Posted on January 10, 2018 by shaunmiller

I look at the complexities of affirmative consent. Continue reading →

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Three Pictures of Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent: Applying the Third View

Posted on November 27, 2017 by shaunmiller

This is a condensed talk that I gave a few weeks ago at UW-Parkside. I have  been dividing that talk into three separate posts. This is the third post. In the first post, I looked at procedural autonomy and consensual minimalism. … Continue reading →

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Three Pictures of Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent: Looking at the Third View

Posted on November 20, 2017 by shaunmiller

This is a condensed talk that I gave a few weeks ago at UW-Parkside. I have  been dividing that talk into three separate posts. This is the third post. In the first post, I looked at procedural autonomy and consensual … Continue reading →

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Three Pictures of Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent: Looking at the Second View

Posted on November 15, 2017 by shaunmiller

This is a condensed talk that I gave a few weeks ago at UW-Parkside. In the last post, I talked about the first view of sexual autonomy and sexual consent: procedural autonomy and consensual minimalism. In this post, I’ll be … Continue reading →

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