Next in my book/manuscript on parenthood comes a chapter on gender.  I'm at the thinking and reading stage here, not writing yet.  The q...

More on controlling the traits of children, before they're born.  Michael Sandel disapproves of enhancing children prenatally on gr...

Two signs that I am a masochist: I regularly listen to Mike Huckabee on the radio, just to see what those folks are up to.  And I'm cu...

I had no idea there were so many religious exemptions permitting parents to withhold legally required healthcare from their children.  Must ...

One of the topics in my book on parenthood (well, manuscript, so far) is circumcision--should we or shouldn't we?   To my mind, people...

This Daily Campus editorial is getting attention all over the place. I suspect what's really going on is not so much misogyny and victi...

Reading around in the philosophical literature about self and identity, it strikes me that one topic is very often left out.  The literat...

The New York Times has a "Room for Debate" feature today on whether young women should be advised against binge drinking at colle...

There's a certain sort of bias against animals that seems clearly pernicious and bears a strong resemblance to racism and sexism.  This ...

If you read liberal editorials about the government shutdown, you're bound to run into words like "blackmail" and "extort...

Here's something I'm mulling over and finding pretty perplexing.  To see the puzzle, you have to go along with me on some claims abo...

I've watched far too many episodes of "Breaking Bad" in the last few weeks, and just about my only defense is that the show do...

I am fond of using mini-problems in ethics classes--tiny little every day questions of not very great significance.  The point of discussing...

What's the job description of a parent?  I've been pondering an answer defended by William Irvine in the book Doing Right by Childre...

So says Jerry Coyne, but I think he's listening to the wrong stuff.  Using the word "rock" loosely (he seems to be using it l...

As he promised to do a while back , Gary Francione has put an essay on his website about why (he thinks) it's speciesist to support ani...

Philosophers enjoy being weird.  My logic professor in graduate school taught in his bare feet.  I know faculty members who swear in class...

Last week's unveiling of the world's first cultured beef burger got everyone talking about "Frankenburgers" .  The "...

Update 8/13:  More buffalo pictures, sent by a reader.  This is what you get when you have a powerful camera and talent at photography!  Th...

I'm home from one trip and about to embark on another, so obviously I'm too busy for blogging--there's cleaning and pack...

Fabulous take down of the Texas legislature. I love this woman!

Over at this blog (see end of comments) Gary Francione has said he's writing an essay tentatively called "The Welfare/Regulationis...

Alright, one more post on animal welfare regulations (like Prop. 2 in California, which requires animal housing large enough so the anim...