By Nathan Nobis and Kristina Grob|2019-09-20T00:03:55+00:00August 23rd, 2019|Practice, Theory|0 Comments
Arguments for ethical and legal conclusions on the topic of abortion are often pursued dialectically, with positive arguments developed in response to contrary positions and objections. Many people say they just “feel” that abortion is wrong or their “opinion” is that it’s not wrong. But complex issues require informed, fair and honest critical thinking, not just mere “feelings” or “opinions.”
By Stefan Schindler|2019-08-12T14:30:35+00:00July 4th, 2019|Theory|0 Comments
America, like most of the rest of the world, and in many ways even more so, is a high-tech version of Plato’s cave. Self-harming citizens are perpetually fooled into voting against their own best interest.
By Craig Collins|2019-04-18T15:04:07+00:00March 27th, 2019|Practice|0 Comments
The overriding weakness in the ESA is that no legal barrier can possibly halt the relentless juggernaut of economic growth at the heart of our extinction crisis.
By Connie Woodring|2019-03-27T18:14:16+00:00January 11th, 2019|Justice, Practice|0 Comments
By: Connie Woodring Focusing on homophobia and its violent consequences against gays by heterosexuals has been important for several decades,
By Hendrik van der Breggen|2019-03-27T18:21:07+00:00December 19th, 2018|Justice, Practice, Theory|4 Comments
By: Hendrik van der Breggen Let’s think discriminately about discrimination (yes, you read that right). I’ll distinguish two senses of
By Hendrik van der Breggen|2019-03-27T20:46:04+00:00November 9th, 2018|Justice, Practice, Theory|0 Comments
Lady Gaga rightly encourages us to respect and accept all people, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. But at this juncture Lady Gaga's thinking become problematic. Respecting and accepting all people doesn’t automatically also mean that we should accept and affirm all the behaviours of all people.
By Hendrik van der Breggen|2019-03-27T21:28:57+00:00August 24th, 2018|Practice|0 Comments
When I discuss war, a growing number of students are unaware of which countries were involved in World War II. When I discuss abortion, many students are unaware that there is no abortion law in Canada
By Victor Wallis|2019-03-28T02:13:28+00:00July 14th, 2018|Practice, Theory|0 Comments
Socialism arose historically as a response to capitalism. Its point of departure is the contention that capital is a social product—the fruit of countless hours/days/years of labor expended by hundreds of millions of people—and therefore that it should be under social control, i.e., under the control of the whole society
By Victor Wallis|2019-03-30T21:09:51+00:00June 8th, 2018|Practice, Theory|0 Comments
Like many others, I sometimes feel paralyzed by the enormity of the environmental challenge. How to break through this?
By Hendrik van der Breggen|2019-03-29T05:58:47+00:00March 2nd, 2018|Theory|0 Comments
“Be tolerant” is today’s oft-heard moral imperative. This principle of tolerance sounds good, but careful thinkers should ask: Is it sound?
