I normally try to stay away from taking pot shots at David Brooks columns, but today’s raises a...
ethics
From today’s Boston Herald (via memeorandum): The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from...
~by M.A. Over the last week, I’ve had to ponder a very difficult question. A few years...
I agree with Ned Resnikoff that the issue of abortion hinges on the question of personhood, but...
Updated Below I had an exchange at a large retailer this weekend that made me question some...
I don’t suppose I’ll be courting much controversy by saying that human sexuality has historical meaning. The...
A few things I wanted to touch on today, but none of them really merit their own...
Randy Harris won our NCAA pool this year and has selected me to write an article in...
Children are marginal cases. Talking about ethics in terms of autonomy, or rights — Kantian ethics —...
Here’s kind of an odd, but very interesting post, arguing that Jane Austen is a better moral philosopher...
Jonathan Strong has an interesting piece on the sometimes-fuzzy line between blogging and paid political advocacy. I...
Speaking as someone who doesn’t blog under his full name to avoid professional and personal complications, I...