Bad Santa?

There is apparently a movement to stop mall Santa’s from saying “Ho, Ho, Ho” under way. They want them to say “Ha, Ha, Ha” instead so that no one thinks that Santa is calling them a whore. What a world… Dick Clark better watch out!

Peter Singer on Climate Change and Ethics

Yesterday LaGuardia College hosted Peter Singer who gave a short talk entitled ‘Climate Change and Ethics’. His basic argument was that by any reasonable standard of justice that one picks the U.S. comes out having a duty to lead the movement to reduce climate change. This is directly contrary to Bush’s stated reason for opting [...]

Virtual Taste Test

In case you don’t make it to the end of that (accidently) very long post…check out the very cool virtual taste test comparing lab meat to meat in situ (i.e. obtained in the usual manner)  OK, now to the grading

What is Wrong with Eating Meat

In light of all the jokes about dead turkeys I have had to endure in the last week or so I started thinking about what it is exactly that is wrong with eating meat. Is there something that is morally unacceptable about eating meat? This is a very interesting question, and having been raised as a [...]

Day Two of the Yale/UConn Conference

Earlier I began to give a brief report on the first day of the Yale/UConn Graduate Conference that I recently attended…while I have a minute today, and before I gorge myself on some veggie turkey, I figured I would finish up… Sadly, I missed the morning sessions due to having a jaccuzi-tub at the B&B [...]

Philosophy and (a vegitarian) Turkey

New Philosophers’ Carnival here Call for Posts  Philosophy Sucks! will be once again hosting the next Philosphers’ Carnival (the 58th!) on December 3rd. I still have my preference for posts relating to Mind, Meaning, and Morals but any interesting philosophical post will be considered…so submit something!

Mirror-Touch Synesthesia

via one of my students I found out about this very interesting article on a recently discovered kind of synesthesia where people report feeling the touches they see on other people (Here). One of the interesting things about this  is that, to some degree, we are all mirror-touch synesthetes. That is, we all have neurons [...]

Philosophy is Easy

It seems almost anyone can understand this blog…I better beef up the jargon! I wonder what rating Naming and Necessity would have got? (HT: Philosophy, etc) UPDATE: I check N&N (using this url)…it got a High Scool rating as well…we should definately start teaching Kripke’s views about metaphysical and epistemological possibility to all 9th graders!

Back to the Grind & Meta-Metaethics

So, I am back from the Yale/UConn conference (semi-summary here), which was a huge success! A very well organized and interesting conference. Hats off to all involved! Things have not changed much since I left in 2003…it is still cold as ever (but it was nice to see some familiar faces) I have a little [...]

Over the Hill and Through the Woods

off to the Yale/UConn Grad Conference I go!