So after two years and much prayer, Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has decided to change his mind regarding the issue of gay marriage.
The Ethics of Reality Television: Kant and Bentham on the Jersey Shore
December 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
As Jersey Shore builds to a not-at-all climactic conclusion, Jim Jividen discusses what we’ve learned about ethics from watching Snooki, JWoww, the Situation, Ronnie, and all their gym/tan/laundry pals.
I’d Court You If I Didn’t Have to Objectify You First
November 28, 2012 By 64 Comments
A young man can’t take the first step toward long-term love, getting a date, because he can’t separate sexual attraction from objectification.
And the Monarchs
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Passion Around Two Coffee Pots
January 18, 2012 By 4 Comments
Ten things I've learned from voting
April 27, 2011 By 5 Comments
Voting is an inherently altruistic act, because while your actual vote generally makes absolutely no difference (at least within a large population), the principle of an individual act of voting, writ large, determines the government. So, voting is like Kant’s categorical imperative…would society fall apart if everybody voted? No. What if everybody did not vote? [...]
“When I went to forgive those who had bullied me in school, they had no idea what they had done to me.”
This is a comment by Anonymous on the post “Should We Forgive Apologetic Bullies?”