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Tag Archive for ‘(meta)ethics’

Turning Points

“Thank you, Siri!”

A brief excursion into virtue ethics.

Holy Metrics!

The Paradise Game

Game metrics made in heaven, courtesy SMBC.

Happy Pigs

Pigs and the Human Condition (Plus, Pigs Are Cute)

Attributes like “poisonous,” “filthy,” or “wallowing in urine and excrement” sound suspiciously familiar.

Sam Harris

Sam Harris in Berkeley: Can Science Determine Human Values?

Sam Harris’s terrific presentation in Berkeley about how science is the best tool we have at our disposal to alleviate human suffering and advance well-being.

Turning Points

On Condom Use (Just One Sentence)

Not for the easily offended.

Turning Points

Yes, Virginia, Religion Is Child Abuse

Indeed there is a hell, and children’s minds are where they built it. A recent video clip from Thunderf00t and a lengthy excerpt from James Joyce.

On Pork

I’m neither religulous nor a vegetarian, so why do I refuse to eat pork? Here’s the story.