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Category Archives: Values
Book Review: Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law by Elizabeth Brake
Marriage these days is confined to two people and the usual arrangement is between a man and a woman. Lately, there has been growing acceptance of same-sex relationships and thereby same-sex marriage. But anything more than this is going “too … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Friendship, Marriage, Monogamy, Polyamory, Relationships, Same-Sex, Single, Values
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today: 09/03/2011
Economics Some interesting correlations between the aftermath of hurricanes and an decrease in the birth rate. However, tropical storms show a correlation in an increase in the birth rate. Expect a small baby-boom after Hurricane Irene in the upper East … Continue reading
Various Philosophers on Relationships: Polyamory, the Family, Friendship, and Singledom
This is my third, and possible last, installment on my interests in philosophy pertaining to the philosophy of love and sex. My previous blog dealt with various philosophers on sex and the blog before dealt with various philosophers on love, … Continue reading
What will future generations think of now?
Steven Landsburg did an interesting post on what future generations will think of past generations. Here is it verbatim: Future generations will look back with bemusement on a time when airline passengers couldn’t pay extra for a flight that’s guaranteed … Continue reading
Various Philosophers on Sex
I posted an overview on various philosophers on erotic love, flirting and marriage. Here, I’ll be looking at the philosophy of sex and many sub-categories with it. As before, if there’s something that I’m missing, please let me know. This … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Experts, Gender, Pornography, Sexuality, Values
Tagged Books, Experts, Gender, Monogamy, Polyamory, Pornography, Sexuality, Values
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today: 07/23/11
Economics An awesome, interactive way to balance the budget with very detailed information. I played it, ending up with a surplus. (Now in Blogroll) New study shows that penis size is linked with economic growth. At first I was skeptical, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Natalism, Culture, Economics, Education, Law, Religion, Sexuality, Values
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Benatar Part Four: The “Pro-Death” View
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
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Benatar Part Three: His Anti-Natalist Position
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
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Benatar Part Two: How Bad is Coming Into Existence?
In a previous post, I went over Benatar’s argument on why coming into existence is always a harm, even if there is a small amount of it. Now, I will look at his next chapter and see how he argues … Continue reading
Book Review: Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
I had the joy of reading this book last year and I’ve been meaning to do a review on it. Well, the time is now. However, I’m not going to simply spell out the book. It’s so good that you … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Culture, Love, Marriage, Monogamy, Relationships, Values
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