Year: 2010
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Formspring: Donations
by Jason Stotts Question: If a person is a laissez faire capitalist is it morally acceptable for that person to request or accept altruistic donations to maintain a business venture / lifestyle choice such as this website? Well, yes and no. The problem is that your question is loaded. Donations that were actually altruistic, where…
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Announcement
by Jason Stotts After much deliberation, I am officially changing the title of my book-in-progress on sexual ethics from Sexual Perfection: Foundations of a New Sexual Ethic to Eros and Ethos: The Ethics of Modern Sex.
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Voting
by Jason Stotts I voted in California today for the second time, the first being in the last election in the fall. Both times have been at a local church, which is gracious enough (I’m being ironic) to host the voting. The problem with having voting in a church is that you end up with…
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Interracial Marriage at All Time High
by Jason Stotts CNN is reporting that interracial marriage has hit an all time high and that today roughly 1 out of 7 marriages are interracial. Apparently, race is mattering less these days, say researchers at the Pew Research Center, who report that nearly one out of seven new marriages in the U.S. is interracial or…
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Title?
by Jason Stotts Some people have recommended that I change the title of my book to something clearer and that relates more obviously to the subject of the book. I was thinking The Ethics of Sex, but perhaps that would be a better subtitle. I need a one or two word title with a descriptive subtitle…
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Environmentalism is Responsible for the Gulf Oil Spill
by Jason Stotts With everyone throwing blame around for the “BP oil spill,” I would like to take a minute to shine a light on the real culprit: environmentalism and the politicians that support it. BP is out to make a profit on oil. That’s what they do. Does anyone actually think they’d be drilling…
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AAP Recants
by Jason Stotts CNN is reporting that the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) has finally recanted their what-the-hell-is-your-problem-FGM-is-not-only-unethical-but-also-illegal position on Female Genital Mutilation. The American Academy of Pediatrics has rescinded a controversial policy statement raising the idea that doctors in some communities should be able to substitute demands for female genital cutting with a harmless…
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Formspring Question: Changing Sexual Orientation
Q: Is there any way for someone to change his or her sexual orientation (ex. gay to straight)? A: This is another very difficult question. The answer is yes and no. First, in order to understand whether this is possible, we need to understand what a sexual orientation is. It is, in fact, a rather…