Erosophia

Category: Ethics

  • Conclusion to Contra Peikoff on Rape?

    by Jason Stotts It’s easy enough to make mistakes.  It is not so easy, however, to admit it when you do so and act to correct your mistake.  Admirably, Leonard Peikoff has done just that, recanting his earlier position on rape, saying: I want to correct a significant error I have made in an earlier…

  • Follow-up to Contra Peikoff on Rape

    by Jason Stotts Amy Peikoff has now weighed in on Leonard Peikoff’s statement about rape from his recent podcast and I agree with her assessment.  She also says she finds it interesting that no one has commented on the rest of what he said about rape.  I know that for me, there was no reason…

  • Contra Peikoff on Rape

    by Jason Stotts I think that Leonard Peikoff has done some great things for Objectivism, he is like a demi-Aquinas, but when he talks about sex and sexual issues, it makes me really sad.  Frankly, his position on rape is both disgraceful and disgusting. I don’t know how anyone of good moral character or intelligence could…

  • Minimum Wage Laws

    by Jason Stotts This short video does a very good job of explaining the problem of minimum wage laws. One problem that it does not address is this: let’s say under market conditions you employ 100 low-level workers each for $1 per day.  In order to rectify this “social injustice” a minimum wage law is…

  • Letters

    by Jason Stotts Sometimes I get a little depressed about my work here on Erosophia and on my book-in-progress Eros and Ethos. It’s not that I’m not proud of what I’m doing, because I am. But sometimes it seems like I’m not getting anywhere. My progress on Eros and Ethos is moving at a snail’s…

  • Stolen Paternity

    by Jason Stotts This is one of those stories that makes you feel like you’re reading fiction: not just any fiction, but fiction by an author who is very clever and original.  At least, I wish it were fiction.  For the most part it’s a rather common story: boy meets girl, boy and girl have…

  • The Importance of Sexual Satisfaction

    by Jason Stotts When pollution gets into a system, it can be hard to identify how far reaching its poisons will go and what sort of damage it will cause.  Such is the cause with the man-hating philosophy of christianity.  The damage it has caused throughout human history is incalculable and its effects are far…

  • Formspring: Sex without Love?

    by Jason Stotts Another question from a reader from Formspring: What are your thoughts on relationships that are purely sexual in nature and in which there is no expectation of romance or dating? This is a complicated question. From a moral standpoint, this can be done perfectly morally.  I’ve talked about the criteria for this kind of relationship before…