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Category Archives: Ethics
Talking to Our Selves: Reflection, Ignorance, and Agency
Here are some highlights from this 2015 book by my favorite moral philosopher — John M. Doris: In 1957, a marketing consultant named James Vicary reported huge sales increases at a New Jersey theater concession. All one need do, Vicary … Continue reading
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Liberals, race, religion, bigots, essentialism (8-4-22)
The Left derides those who ascribe essential qualities to Jews, Christians, Muslims, blacks, whites, Anglos, Germans, Japanese, Nigerians. And the Left is right. Just because somebody is a member of one of these groups does not determine anything. There is … Continue reading
The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History
Here are some highlights from this 2010 book by Samuel Moyn: * Historians of human rights approach their subject, in spite of its novelty, the way church historians once approached theirs. They regard the basic cause—much as the church historian … Continue reading
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Moral Acrobatics: How We Avoid Ethical Ambiguity by Thinking in Black and White
Here are some highlights from this 2021 book by psychologist Philippe Rochat: * Rare are the ultrastrict law abiders. The fact is that in all countries giving as little as possible to the taxman is a national sport. We tend … Continue reading
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Integrated: Living Beyond the Sex Trade (7-20-21)
00:00 Integrated: Living Beyond the Sex Trade by Deanna Lynn, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0995YDK3B/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1626170152&sr=8-3 03:00 Purchased: Leaving the Sex Trade By Deanna Lynn (12-8-20), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=135668 04:00 Purchased: Leaving the Sex Trade By Deanna Lynn (9-2-20), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=134246 06:00 The experience of being interviewed 24:00 … Continue reading
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