A Cogent & Concise Argument Against Gay Marriage
Posted on February 26, 2009 - Filed Under Film, Philosophy, Politics | Leave a Comment
Ross Douthat on Torture
Posted on December 18, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Philosophy | 3 Comments
Here’s a very thoughtful and measured post from Ross Douthat about the Bush administration’s treatment of detainees in the ‘War on Terror’. I’m not necessarily endorsing Douthat’s position (I very seldom do), but the piece is perhaps the best I’ve read on the matter, probably because it eschews an absolutist stance and also takes into [...]
Fake Penis Makers Face Eight Years in Prison
Posted on November 25, 2008 - Filed Under News Item, Philosophy | 4 Comments
The makers of a prosthetic penis to help men cheat on drugs tests have pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy in a US federal court.
The two men, George Wills and Robert Catalano, had been selling the device – known as the Whizzinator – over the internet for three years.
Source.
I really don’t see how [...]
Brenin, Mark Rowlands and anguish
Posted on November 9, 2008 - Filed Under Animals, College, Philosophy | 3 Comments
Brenin is the name of a wolf that Mark Rowlands lived with for 11 years. Rowlands is a philosopher who’s lived and taught in the US, Ireland (he worked in UCC for a while), Britain and France, lecturing and writing books about theories of consciousness, ethics and animal rights, among other things. Wherever he was [...]
The Hitch in Fine Form
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Philosophy, Religion | 1 Comment
Christopher Hitchens speaking in Toronto in November 2006 on the motion “Be It Resolved: Freedom of Speech Includes the Freedom to Hate.”
Obligations to Future Generations
Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under College, Environment/Conservation, Philosophy | 2 Comments
What follows is a rather mangled essay that I lashed together in a hurry during the last semester. It seems vaguely related to other recent posts. All footnotes have been removed, so apologies in advance is this leads to any confusion. Please keep all “tl;dr” style comments to yourself.
“Those who have quitted the world and [...]
Censorship, Islam & “Fitna”
Posted on March 29, 2008 - Filed Under Europe, Freedom, Internets, Media, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion | 9 Comments
“Fitna” is the name of a rather nasty, polemical film by right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders that equates all Islam with violence and, portrays all Muslims as extremists. Or at least that’s what I gather based on the testimonies of those who have seen it. I can’t watch it myself because LiveLeak, the main channel [...]
3 Years of Philosophy Weren’t Totally Wasted…
Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under Funny, Philosophy | Leave a Comment
At least I get the jokes in this sketch.
I Kan’t Study
Posted on February 27, 2008 - Filed Under College, Philosophy | 1 Comment
Before I was too tired and couldn’t stay awake; now I’m taken on too much caffeine and I kan’t concentrate on his Critique of Pure Reason. Yes, this post is all about the pun. I crack myself up…
The Communist Manifesto
Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under College, Philosophy, Politics | 5 Comments
I’ve finally got around to reading the damn thing, that vile source of so many of the 20th century’s woes. Frankly, I find it totally redundant in today’s world. If Marx ever did have a point, then over a century of incremental societal reforms have taken it well and truly away from him. Now his [...]
Neoconservatism Explained
Posted on January 14, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, College, Philosophy, Politics | 11 Comments
The initial impetus for writing this essay stemmed from reading a book review published in the Weekend Review section of the Irish Times on the Saturday of September 29th 2007. The book under review in the article was The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Guardian columnist Naomi Klein, and the book reviewer [...]
Definiton of Retribution
Posted on December 11, 2007 - Filed Under Philosophy | Leave a Comment
I have no idea why, but for some reason I really like the way this reads:
retribution |ˌretrəˈbyoō sh ən|
noun
Punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved.
Taken from the Oxford American Dictionary on my MacBook. (This post does not carry a ‘deeper meaning’. Just saying, lest anyone draw that erroneous conclusion.)
Philosopher Lawyer
Posted on December 10, 2007 - Filed Under Philosophy | 10 Comments
This idea occurred to me while watching Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, so it probably isn’t very good. Still though, wouldn’t someone with a degree in philosophy make a very decent lawyer? Law is all about arguing, and what better teaches one about how to argue than years of studying arguments and writing essays on [...]
Who Dares Wins (or, More Likely, Scrapes a 2.2)
Posted on December 3, 2007 - Filed Under College, Philosophy | 1 Comment
I didn’t really study up on the essay I’m writing right now (it’s due for tomorrow), so I’m falling back on what I know, meaning I’m writing about giant pandas and Stephen Colbert in an essay about whether life in a deterministic world is worth living. Who says that Arts isn’t a real degree?
My Essay on Selling Organs
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under College, Philosophy | 6 Comments
Here it is, shorn of its footnotes and bibliography, with the paragraph indentation messed up (meaning that you can’t easily tell whether or not I am continuing a paragraph or starting a new one after I quote someone). I’m only going to leave it up for a few days because I don’t want people ripping [...]
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