Month: May 2015
Ethicist Peter Singer Says Don’t Pay to Treat Disabled Babies
Rather than believing in universal human equality, he would invidiously measure the capacities of human beings to determine whether they are “persons.”
A Design-Theorist’s Brief Guide to Rupert Sheldrake
Sheldrake and intelligent design are much closer than would be obvious from his public statements about ID.
The Deeper Issues of the Worm Video Debate: Ursula Goodenough’s Hypothesis
The distinguished evolutionary biologist’s solution fails, but its failure is instructive, because it reinforces our main point.
Thomas Nagel’s Evolutionary Critique, on London Theatrical Stage?
It seems so from what I read about the new Tom Stoppard play The Hard Problem.
The American Euthanasia Movement Is Running a Political Con Game
If and when assisted suicide is legalized in more states, bet on the killable caste expanding here just as it has overseas.