Erosophia

Category: Philosophy

  • Assorted News

    by Jason Stotts Sometimes when I see an interesting news story, I file it away and plan to talk about it here, on Erosophia. From time to time, people also send me interesting links and some of these are so interesting, that I want to share them. Unfortunately, sometimes I also end up with a…

  • Announcement: SoCal Objectivists

    by Jason Stotts Earl Parson and I have decided that we’re going to be starting an Objectivist Society here in Southern California, home of the Ayn Rand Institute and of probably the highest concentration of objectivists in the country.  It’s really strange that with so many us living in the area, there are no social…

  • Chicago Minicon

    by Jason Stotts I want to thank everyone who attended my lecture over the weekend at COSCon.  I hope that everyone found it interesting and engaging.  If you’re interested in further readings, I recommend starting with the following: 1. “Of Living Death,” The Objectivist.  Especially 530-531. (Or: The Voice of Reason, 46-63.) 2. “Francisco’s Sex Speech,” from Atlas Shrugged,…

  • Formspring: Moral Differences between Sex Acts?

    by Jason Stotts I received this question recently, which is partly a response to my answer of the last formspring question “When is Sex Appropriate?“.  The question is this: What is the moral difference between manual, oral and vaginal sex? Is there one? Should one’s standards for partners vary for each of these activities? Why…

  • Starbucks Doesn’t Get It

    by Jason Stotts I was surprised to find an e-mail from Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz this morning in my inbox.  I was even more surprised by it after I read the message: September 2011 Dear Starbucks Friend and Fellow Citizen: I love our country. And I am a beneficiary of the promise of America. But…

  • Objectivist Blog Carnival

    Welcome to the August 25, 2011 edition of the Objectivist Round Up.  I’m filling in this week as an emergency host, so forgive me for not sending out reminder e-mails earlier. Today’s quote is brought to you from Nietzsche.  Although he and I understand it differently, he phrases it so beautifully: Egoism is the very…

  • Gary Johnson

    by Jason Stotts I detest the politics is done in America today.  It is nothing but the pandering of vacuous politicians to pressure groups who can see no farther than their own desires and who are willing to enslave others to meet their myopic ends.  It is a race between a party who wants to…

  • Circumcision is Immoral

    by Jason Stotts I’ve said before that circumcision is immoral; but, did you know it’s also impractical?  A new study (n = 5552) from Denmark found that: Conclusions: Circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties in Danish men and with a range of frequent sexual difficulties in women, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs…