Category Archives: Ethics and Moral Philosophy
Synthese petition closed with 470 academic signatures
Brian Leiter reports that the petition has closed, and that a significant number of leading philosophers signed it, as well as those whose careers are yet to take off. He also has posted a question by a grad student about … Continue reading
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Filed under Academe, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Philosophy
Philosophy hand signals
Courtesy of Brian Leiter, the APA Philosophy Referee Handsignals. I now want someone to make these into semaphore format. And for Sam Harris:
Filed under Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Humor, Philosophy, Truisms
On abortion
A fertilised fetus is a collection of cells that will, if all goes well, and it doesn’t in a large percentage of cases, become a baby. As much as 70% of all pregnancies may abort in the first 20 weeks, … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Killer Links from Outer Space
I really have to do these more often… but I’ve been teaching.
No Link Out
A lot of religion-based ones today. People with heterodox beliefs are less intelligent. So says Razib, anyway, based on the General Social Survey. The Republican Party is lying to “defend its values”, says Psychology Today blogger Christopher Lane. Religious people … Continue reading
