Category: Philosophy
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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 The American Academy of Pediatrics has rescinded a controversial policy statement raising the idea that doctors in some communities should be able to substitute demands for female genital cutting with a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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Government, Citizenship, and Treason
by Jason Stotts Recently, the B.O. administration gave the green light to the CIA to kill the Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Typically, this wouldn’t have been any sort of interesting issue and something that the CIA could have decided for itself. The problem with this case is that al-Awlaki was born in America and is…
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Birthday Carnival
by Jason Stotts Welcome to the very-special-it’s-my-birthday edition of the Objectivist Round Up. For those who may not know, Objectivism, in the words of Ayn Rand, is a “philosophy for living on Earth.” In that spirit, we present essays weekly applying Objectivism to practical problems in order to improve our lives and, by extension, those of…
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Russia Going Laissez-Faire?
by Jason Stotts In a surprising move, Russia is poised to become freer than the now ironic “land of the free.” The Moscow Times, in their piece “Russia Takes Anti-Socialist Approach to Healthcare,” is reporting that: “While Washington plans to pump unprecedented sums into what critics call a government takeover of health care, Moscow is…
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An Interview with Swingers
by Jason Stotts This is a compilation of an interview I did with friends of mine who are swingers. The interview originally appeared on the old Erosophia in two parts, separated by about 2 months or so. In the second interview, my friends adopted the names Wendy and Stan to make it clearer who they…
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Use Somebody
by Jason Stotts In dealing with sexual issues, I frequently hear the objection that X is wrong because it involves “using somebody.” This argument is so painfully silly that it vexes me every time I hear it trotted out as the coup de grace that X is immoral. So, let’s analyze this little Kantian silliness.…