In light of National Coming Out Day, I discuss arguments for gaining legal protection for LGBT people which target subjective moral judgments, such as the belief that homosexuality is wrong. Rather than arguing
Over the weekend I attended the Advancing Publicly Engaged Philosophy Conference in Washington, D.C. Thanks to my involvement with the Rock Ethics Institute and the Public Philosophy Network over the past year,
My title, “The Philosophical Pursuit of Pleasure” indicates an underlying strangeness about this piece for at least a couple of reasons. First, for a lecture series on Spirituality and Sexuality, the title already
[ustream id=16665897 hwaccel=1 version=3 width=720 height=437] This is a presentation I did in August at the first Liberal Arts Scholarship and Technology Summit at Penn State University. I reflect on the work that
Tonight I finished reading Tina Fey’s Bossypants, and yes, it’s worth your time to read it. Especially if you are a woman. Especially if you have other work you should be doing. Especially
It’s been four months since I sat for my comps and defended my exam, which means that it’s been four months since I last read a book and since I last committed myself
As indicated by my more recent posts, teaching has been on my mind. It’s in large part thanks to the students in my summer course that I have realized one more thing: You’ve
For over a year now I’ve had mounting suspicions about Evolution, but since I know very little about evolutionary theory, the most I can really say about why I raise an eyebrow is
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