• Countdown to Erosophia’s 10th Birthday!

    by Jason Stotts Although it’s hard to believe, in just a couple of weeks, I will have been blogging for 10 years! My very first blog post ever was May 8th, 2005. To celebrate, I’m announcing another major project on May 8th, so you’ll have to come back then to see what sort of cool thing…

  • Humor: Why You Are Circumcised

    by Jason Stotts YES! I’ve made these exact arguments over and over. Of course, the ultimate reason is the religious hatred of the body and sexuality, but this video still does an excellent job. http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6966989/the-real-reason-youre-circumcised

  • Stephen Fry on god

    by Jason Stotts Stephen Fry gives an amazing answer to a question about the christian god:

  • Erosophia Podcast #25: Children and Sexuality Part 3

    In this episode of the Erosophia Podcast Jason, Devin, and Joia conclude the discussion of sexuality as it relates to children and adolescents. Sponsor: Kasidie Get a free 90 day trial by signing up with the banner link!  Make sure to friend us on Kasidie (Erosophia) and check out our group: http://www.kasidie.com/communities/Erosophia Today’s Topic: Children and Sexuality Rounding…

  • Misquoting Aristotle

    by Jason Stotts We’re about one third of the way through editing the penultimate draft of Eros and Ethos and one thing I’m doing is cleaning up some of the quotes that I want to include. With most of the quotes, I already had references, since they came from my own research. However, there were…

  • Arguing Online About Ethics

    by Jason Stotts Sometimes when I’m arguing about ethics online, I need to remember my Aristotle: “To examine then all the views held about happiness is superfluous, for children, sick people, and the insane all have views, but no sane person would dispute over them.” EE I.3.12b30.

  • Best of 2014

    by Jason Stotts Last year, 2014, was an exceptionally busy year.  I worked on revising my book Eros and Ethos and my MA in Clinical Psychology. Something about full-time grad school and working full-time, in addition to working on Eros and Ethos, hasn’t left me as much time as I would have liked to write essays…

  • Question: Pornography and Ayn Rand

    by Jason Stotts I get a lot of interesting questions at Erosophia and I try to answer as many of them as I can. When I think the question and answer is particularly interesting, I usually publish an anonymized version of it.  This is one of those. Hi Jason. What is your basic advice on using…

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