To Thine Own Selves Be True To the One I Prefer
Joshua Knobe wonders at our personal mythologies of the true self. His work experimental philosophy shows that very often our judgment of the “true self” in another person is whatever version of that...
View ArticleWhy Not Uplift Animals?
Paul Raven makes a bold case against boosting animal intelligence: Because they are not us. We are related, certainly, this much is inescapable, but a chimpanzee is not a human being, and to insist...
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The Wheelchair is Offensive
Richard Herring calls-out our biases and preposterous perceptions of those in wheelchairs in the hilarious, intelligent way that only the Brits can. It’s one of the best conversations around...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Zombie Killing
Zombies are a strange source of ethical inspiration, but as I mentioned to io9’s Lauren Davis, if academic ethicists get to spend all day talking about trolleys, I see no reason we can’t banter about...
View ArticleThe Cetacean Bill of Rights
Wow! Also, Helsinki seems to be something of an incubator for discussions of rights. Based on the principle of the equal treatment of all persons; Recognizing that scientific research gives us deeper...
View ArticleHow to Treat A Disease that Attacks Autonomy?
Should we force feed those with anorexia? Sounds like a question for the text books.
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