I agree with Ned Resnikoff that the issue of abortion hinges on the question of personhood, but...
Philosophy
I was never quite sure about what might be the cause of the extreme disparity of males...
I do love A Bit of Fry & Laurie. This is quite a brilliant sketch, whatever you make...
I’ve had this sort of nebulous notion that culture itself is a problem. Not any particular culture,...
I’d like to ask a favor of my fellow Leaguers, especially the ones that know more about...
In the May 2012 issue of the Atlantic, writer Taylor Clark has an excellent profile of videogame developer Jonathan...
We were arguing about art at work in the lab the other day. Not the aesthetic value...
I keep trying to better understand James Poulos. I like James a great deal, though we disagree pretty...
~by Arthur Emlen In the Fall of 1947 at the University for Foreigners in Perugia, I took a...
So I’ve been working part-time in a restaurant since August. I started as a humble bus boy...
The administration of the great system of the universe … the care of the universal happiness of...
“Who do you think made the first stone spear? That wasn’t the yakkity yaks sitting around the...
When I published my fantasy piece in the Atlantic it was linked (reproduced?) by Richard Dawkins’ site...
~by RTod On Wednesday Erik posted a picture of two (presumably) married costumed lesbians, kissing while holding...
At one of our excellent sub-blogs, Alex Knapp makes this commonsensical point: We live in a country...
by Christopher Carr I considered titling this post a more academic “Rejoinders to a Utilitarian Framework for...
by Christopher Carr Jeremy Stangroom is a British author, philosopher, co-founder of The Philosopher’s Magazine Online – one of the...
Ta-Nehisi has pushed once again into the abortion and slavery debate, this time following the invocation of...
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....
I’m a little embarrassed to say that despite having studied philosophy in college and still being a...
