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Update on Eros and Ethos
by Jason Stotts I’m writing with an update on my forthcoming book Eros and Ethos: A New Theory and Practice of Sexual Ethics. Eros and Ethos is completely written and is in editing now. I’m making great progress with my editors and we hope to have everything ready for publication in the Spring. As we get…
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Porn on Halloween
by Jason Stotts What kind of porn do people look for around Halloween? According to PornHub, people’s taste in porn goes along with the season: (Source: PornHub) They’ve got a lot more data for those who want to find out the details, so check it out.
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Aporia: Pleasure
by Jason Stotts Aporia (ἀπορɛία): an impasse, puzzlement, doubt, or confusion; a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it. In this Aporia, I want to inquire into the nature of pleasure. In Eros and Ethos, I made the claim that: Now, I want to explicitly make the…
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Assisted Suicide Now Legal in California
by Jason Stotts The governor of California, Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown, has recently made the right choice to sign into law a bill that makes it legal for physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs for people who are terminally ill and still mentally competent to make the choice to die (LA Times). This is a…
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Coffee House Chronicles: Episode 4: Perfect Present
by Jason Stotts Some of my friends are doing a really funny webseries called “Coffee House Chronicles” about gay dating today. It’s really funny and addresses real issues. Check it out!
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News and Other Interesting Things
by Jason Stotts 1. Scientists Celebrate the Weird World of Animal Genitalia Have you ever wondered what penises look like throughout the animal kingdom? Well, it’s your lucky day. (NSFW? Article on WaPo; more on Twitter) 2. How Many Scientists Does It Take to Write a Paper? Apparently, Thousands In less than a decade, Dr. Aad,…
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Intelligence in the Animal World
by Jason Stotts We’ve long known crows are very intelligent, but the level of intelligence in this demonstration is really surprising.
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Compromise in Relationships
by Jason Stotts This is a really good and insightful article about the dangers of confusing the particular way you do something with the absolutely right way to do something. It’s also a good example of why compromise is important in relationships. My “Aha Moment” happened because of a package of hamburger meat. I asked…
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