Category Archives: Race

Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Nov. 10, 2013)

Posted on November 10, 2013 by shaunmiller

Abortion Why the Pro-Life movement needs some philosophy. Advice Kareem Abdul-Jabar’s advice for boys becoming men. Anti-natalism Another site dedicated to the childfree lifestyle. Education U.S. Catholic schools are no better than public schools. Environment What would the world look … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Capital Punishment and Compensatory Justice

Posted on July 2, 2009 by shaunmiller

For those who hold capital punishment is just based on retribution, it seems to suggest that logically speaking, you should also be for reparations for black people.  Let me show how: Retribution is basically stating that there is some sort … Continue reading →

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Paying Students to get Good Grades

Posted on December 2, 2008 by shaunmiller

On the Colbert Report, the guest was Roland Fryer.  Fryer is an economics professor.  He has noticed that black students are the lowest minority gaining an education.  So he has applied his economics into society.  Basically, use the free market … Continue reading →

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Language, Offensiveness, and Equality

Posted on November 11, 2008 by shaunmiller

I’ve finished a biography of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.  Wittgenstein really sparked the idea of how language expresses how we see the world.  So language-users see the world when they use a different language, or as Wittgenstein would say, a “form … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Language, Paper Topic, Race, Respect, Same-Sex, Values | 18 Comments

Book Review: The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria

Posted on October 27, 2008 by shaunmiller

I’m reading this book for a couple of reasons.  One is because I’m getting more politically involved and so I want to keep up with the political situation and see what other commentators are saying.  So I decided on this … Continue reading →

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Compensating for Evil

Posted on September 22, 2008 by shaunmiller

An interesting article is at the Philosophers’ Carnival deals with compensating evil which you can read here.  The idea is this: if you’re working for an institution that makes you evil, are you aloud to get compensation because that institution … Continue reading →

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Reparations for Slavery

Posted on August 8, 2008 by shaunmiller

This is posted at PEA Soup (a site dedicated to philosophy, ethics, and academia).  I will just present the argument here but if read the rest of the comments on the site, it’s interesting what the replies have been towards … Continue reading →

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