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09, 2021
The Critical Importance of Wildlife Conservation
Many scientists believe that we are in the midst of a 6th mass extinction, one that is almost entirely caused by human involvement. While this is a grim reality, it also means that we have the power to do something to stop the future loss of species. From purchasing a shark bracelet that helps fund marine conservation to eco-friendly shoes, there are endless ways to make conscious purchases that make a big difference.
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09, 2021
The Abortion Wars
The Texas law is an abomination, not just because it violates women's rights, but because the egregious manner in which it does so also betrays any who might be troubled by abortion on truly moral grounds. It is a law rooted in culture war politics, not moral concerns, and its effect will be the promotion of a more sinister and corrupt society, not a more morally sensitive one. And yet it is just such moral sensitivity that we require if we are going to caringly address abortion and other morally relevant issues.
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05, 2021
Falling Stars and Lined Pockets
There is no analogy between a “pocket pardon” and an actual (or proposed) one, any more than there is between a forged passport and a valid one, except that both documents appear to say the same thing—and thus might fool someone into mistaking one for the other. Indeed, a “pocket pardon” is a contradiction in terms, just as a forged passport isn’t a passport, but a seductive imitation: a fake, like its author.
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05, 2021
African American Existentialism: DuBois, Locke, Thurman, and King
Race today is often presented as a social construct. But social constructions, as Black people know all too well, can create real existential crises. Philosophers of the Black Experience writing during the Modern Era of the African American Freedom Struggle (1896-1975) engaged questions of freedom, existence, and the struggles associated with the experiences of being Black in America.
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04, 2021
Surviving the City of Arts
How do we teach humanities to STEM students in a time of increasing suspicion about the goodness of technology?
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03, 2021
The Struggle for Ecological Sanity
By: Carl Boggs At this particular juncture of history, fraught with new dangers and new challenges, it is time for
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03, 2021
“Hell Is Other People”: Sartre on Personal Relationships
What exactly is freedom of speech? And what does it permit us to say?
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02, 2021
The Dangers of Individualism: Covid-19 and the Case for Collectivism
By: Holly Barrow Across the West, individualism has long been considered a pillar of democracy and liberty. Individualism - which
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02, 2021
Free Speech
What exactly is freedom of speech? And what does it permit us to say?
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02, 2021
The Fire This Time
The fundamental principle of any free society is that for every legal or moral right there is a corresponding duty. That applies to everyone, regardless of rank.