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The Ethics of Recognizing Sexiness Part Two
In my last post, I looked at Lintott’s and Irvin’s article about changing the way we perceive people as being sexy. They argue that we ought to see people as sexy subjects, meaning that we can respect people and also “see … Continue reading
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The Ethics of Recognizing Sexiness Part One
Suppose someone said to you, “you are sexy.” How would you respond? It obviously depends on the context, but let me offer two possibilities. On the one hand, you might experience something negative simply because you are seen as an … Continue reading
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The Glass Slipper Effect and Gender Roles
In a recent article, authors Laurie A. Rudman and Jessica B. Heppen introduce a new concept called the “Glass Slipper Effect.” This is how the authors describe it: Romantic fairy tales… can be summed up as, “Once upon a time, … Continue reading
Aziz Ansari, Helen Fisher, and others Discuss Romantic Love in Modern Times
Last June, comedian Aziz Ansari and sociologist Eric Klinenberg wrote a book together called Modern Romance. The book discusses how technology has rapidly changed the way we view love and relationships such as breaking up over texts, emojis as ways of (mis)expressing … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s In the News Today (Nov. 30, 2014)
Emotions There could be a danger emphasizing empathy. “Once you see someone as fundamentally other, fundamentally different, empathy turns off like a switch.” Paul Ekman has been an expert at detecting the emotions of faces and even whether they’re dishonest … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Ethics, Autonomy, Casual Sex, Descartes, Drugs, Emotions, Ethics, History of Philosophy, News, Race, Sexuality, Sociology, Values
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How to Test Whether Life is Worth Living (Test Four: Preferring Not to Have Been Born Test)
In part one, I went through Smuts’ article on certain tests on what makes life worth living. I went through Camus’ Suicide Test and showed Smut’s argument on why it fails. In part two, I went through mainly Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence Test … Continue reading
How to Test Whether Life is Worth Living (Test Two: The Recurrence Test)
In part one, I went through Smuts’ article on certain tests on what makes life worth living. I went through Camus’ Suicide Test and showed Smut’s argument on why it fails. In this post, I’ll look into the second test … Continue reading
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Book Review: On the Meaning of Sex by J. Budziszewski
Through these modern times, sexual attitudes have lessoned. The attitudes are littered with hedonism, individualistic goals, and simple activities that one does. The idea of taking sex seriously such as expressions of forming a union, procreation, saving oneself before marriage … Continue reading
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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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