Category Archives: Values

What I’ve Learned this Past Year — 2009 Edition

Posted on January 1, 2010 by shaunmiller

Instead of doing New Years Resolutions, I’ve decided to look in the past and see how I’ve learned.  To me, if one hasn’t learned things within the past year, then it’s as if one hasn’t gained wisdom.  And if that’s … Continue reading →

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If anyone says, “You Think Too Much”. . .

Posted on August 23, 2009 by shaunmiller

Just reply back: “Maybe you’re not thinking hard enough!”

Posted in Humor, Values | 3 Comments

Can’t Buy Me Love. . . Well, Almost

Posted on July 15, 2009 by shaunmiller

Here’s an interesting article that has calculated how much certain values we hold can be translated into a monetary value.  It’s in British pounds but we can still see some things having a higher number than others.  Perhaps this supports … Continue reading →

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Study: The More Daughters the Father Has, the More Liberal-Minded He Is

Posted on May 25, 2009 by shaunmiller

A study suggested that the more daughters a father has, the more liberal-minded he is.  Taken from the study: Compared with males, females tend to be more in favour of higher taxes to fund provision such as the NHS. Higher … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Values | 7 Comments

Monkeys Understand Fairness and Cooperation

Posted on May 21, 2009 by shaunmiller

Everyone thinks humans are special because they’re the only species that understands fairness.  Think again:

Posted in Respect, Rights, Values | 5 Comments

Religion and Happiness Don’t Always go Together

Posted on May 7, 2009 by shaunmiller

A while ago, there was a study showing that the more religious one was, the more happy one was. Religiousity and happiness were proportional to each other.  I was always skeptical of this claim because I thought the numbers were … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, Values | 4 Comments

The Benefit of Dirtying your Hands

Posted on April 19, 2009 by shaunmiller

Today is the first day of mowing my lawn for the year.  I wasn’t too excited, but it needs to be done.  As I’m mowing the lawn, the mower gets clogged with grass.  I have to bend down, take out … Continue reading →

Posted in Paper Topic, Values | 2 Comments

Interesting Lecture from Kathleen Hall Jamieson on Echo Chamber

Posted on April 9, 2009 by shaunmiller

There’s a free lecture by Kathleen Hall Jamieson here where she talks about the conservative and liberal media and how it reinforces the way we think about the world.  From the abstract: Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson offers a compelling analysis … Continue reading →

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Benefit of the Doubt: An Inconsistency in the Pro-Life Abortion Movement AND the Environment

Posted on March 5, 2009 by shaunmiller

I’ve come across another inconsistency.  Let me be clear.  I’m not saying that the pro-life movement is itself inconsistent.  Nor am I saying that anything within environmental ethics is inconsistent either.  Taking them both together, however, is where the inconsistency … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Environment, Global Warming, Paper Topic, Values | 3 Comments

An Inconsistency Within the Abortion Debate

Posted on January 18, 2009 by shaunmiller

I’ve been prepping up to teach abortion in my ethics class.  Teaching abortion is either really fun to teach, or really disastrous.  It’s one of those topics that can get into really heated discussions, which is the best in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Ethics, Paper Topic, Rights, Values | 13 Comments