the ethics of tipping (w/ Stephen Kershnar) ends & means 2023-11-22 | Is there a duty to tip your servers? The illustrious Stephen Kershnar says yes, as long as tipping is socially expected and you haven't said you won't tip in advance of your order. Stephen Kershnar is a distinguished teaching professor in the philosophy department at the State University of New York at Fredonia and an attorney. He focuses on applied ethics and political philosophy. Kershnar has written more than one hundred articles and book chapters on such diverse topics as abortion, adult-child sex, affirmative action, capitalism, discrimination, equal opportunity, hell, most valuable player, pleasure, pornography, punishment, reparations for slavery, sexual fantasies, slavery, and torture. He is the author of ten books, including Desert Collapses: Desert Collapses: Why No One Deserves Anything (New York: Routledge, 2021), Total Collapse: The Case Against Morality and Responsibility (Cham, Switzerland: Springer 2018), Abortion, Hell, and Shooting Abortion-Doctors: Does the Pro-Life Worldview Make Sense? (New York: Routledge, 2017). He graduated from Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.You can find his paper here: philpapers.org/rec/KERAPT#:~:text=The%20promise%20argument%20rests%20on,tip%20servers%2015%E2%80%9320%25.
Pro-Life Women, Conservative Gays | Connor Kianpour ends & means 2024-05-27 | Connor Kianpour defends being an ideological dissident. Connor's research: connorkianpour.com/researchMy blog: wollenblog.substack.com
The Moral Case Against Gun Control | w/ Dr. Dan Demetriou ends & means 2024-05-06 | In this video, philosopher Dan Demetriou offers a dignitarian case for gun rights. It's the most innovative philosophical argument against gun control I've ever heard. Take a listen! Dan's paper: philpapers.org/rec/DEMDWD-4Thumbnail created with Hotpot: hotpot.ai/templates/youtube-thumbnail
The Case for Racial Colorblindness | Connor Kianpour ends & means 2024-04-28 | In this discussion, Connor Kianpour defends an innovate Pascal's Wager-style argument for taking a "colorblind" approach to race, sex, and sexual orientation. I was... skeptical. Connor's research: connorkianpour.com/researchMy blog: wollenblog.substack.comThumbnail made with Hotpot: hotpot.ai/templates/youtube-thumbnail
DEBATE: Is Taxation Theft? | Michael Huemer vs. Philip Goff ends & means 2024-04-18 | Is taxation theft? World class philosophers Michael Huemer and Philip Goff debate. Huemer's books: amazon.com/Books-Michael-Huemer/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AMichaelHuemer's blog: fakenous.substack.comGoff's books: amazon.co.uk/stores/Philip-Goff/author/B07ZZH3JBP?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueGoff's blog: philipgoff.substack.comMy blog post on why taxation isn't theft: open.substack.com/pub/wollenblog/p/mostly-taxation-isnt-theft?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#philosophy #chatgpt #chatgpt4 #academia #academicpublishing #peerreview #ethics ends & means 2024-02-05 | ...
Journals Should Accept Papers by ChatGPT | Nick Hadsell ends & means 2024-02-04 | Nick Hadsell and I discuss whether Philosophy journals should accept papers written by AI. We also talk Hadsell's theory of divine authority, which says God has authority over us for the same reason parents do. Read his papers here: philpapers.org/rec/HADDAA-3Check out his substack here: hadsell.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profileThumbnail created with Hotpot: hotpot.ai/templates/youtube-thumbnail
A Theist’s Case for Atheism ends & means 2024-01-31 | The full debate is on Matthew Adelstein’s channel, @deliberationunderidealcond5105
Should We Lie to Kids About Santa? | Dr. J. P. Andrew ends & means 2023-12-23 | It's that time of year. And people are are asking: Is it OK to lie to children about Father Christmas? With me to discuss is philosopher J. P. Andrew, who kicked off a Twitter firestorm arguing that, no, actually, lying to children is bad. I take the opposing view, arguing that lying to kids about Santa is (mostly) OK. We had a great discussion. Merry Christmas, and enjoy. Check out J.P.'s blogpost on Santa here: open.substack.com/pub/jpandrew/p/a-case-against-santa-claus?r=7wya1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true
The Strongest Case Against Pro-Life | Dr. Dustin Crummett ends & means 2023-11-27 | Dustin Crummett is the Executive Director of the Insect Institute and a lecturer in the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs at the University of Washington Tacoma.The philosophers whose names we fumbled were Margaret Olivia Little (Dustin) and Megan Kitts (Me). Also mentioned in the video:Dustin's debate with Trent Horn: youtu.be/RKfa4vAAaPI?si=gkN4DDfVv1a9w7cRTrent's book: shop.catholic.com/persuasive-pro-life-2nd-editionDustin's paper on single issue voting: Crummett, Dustin. (2023). Is Abortion the Only Issue?. Ergo, 9. Open Access at: https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article/id/2270/McNabb and DeVito's reply to Dustin: McNabb, Tyler., & DeVito, Michael. (2021). Basic Beliefs, the Embryo Rescue Case, and Single-Issue Voting: A Response to Dustin Crummett. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 21(2). pdcnet.org/ncbq/content/ncbq_2021_0021_0002_0203_0208A recent statement of Hendricks' Impairment Argument: philpapers.org/archive/HENTIA-4.pdfDustin's reply to Hendricks: jme.bmj.com/content/47/7/519.full?ijkey=Mq8qKQAh2VWHQKD&keytype=ref&fbclid=IwAR1czFW-2LmwvZw1e08Xv90EbSgcGwpcWwbIMwfez9ZIxD6WVKbiSA3t_KULife's Dominion by Ronald Dworkin: amazon.co.uk/Lifes-Dominion-Argument-Euthanasia-Individual/dp/06797331910:00 Introduction0:50 Why Aren't You Pro-Life?8:10 Intrinsic Value Without Personhood?10:48 Moral Risk13:41 The Impairment Argument16:30 Single Issue Voting24:49 McNabb and DeVito's Objection30:10 Anti-Abortion Violence35:10 Reflections on Politics#philosophy #abortion #singleissuevoting #ethics #prolife #prochoice
Philosopher defends offensive jokes #comedy #offensivehumor #philosophy #ethics #connorkianpour ends & means 2023-11-26 | ...
philosopher defends polyamorous relationships #polyamory #monogamy #philosophy ends & means 2023-11-06 | ...
DEBATE: is monogamy wrong? ends & means 2023-11-06 | Is monogamy wrong? Should we try to be polyamorous? With me to discuss are Harry Chalmers and Kyle York, two philosophers with an ongoing dispute about the ethics of monogamy. Chalmer's says it's wrong, York says it's fine. Harry Chalmers is a philosopher who works on various topics in metaethics, especially normative authority, as well as philosophy of sex, love, and friendship. He got his Ph.D. from Brown University in 2019. Kyle York is a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His area of focus is applied ethics, especially animal ethics and the ethics of love. He also has interest in many areas of philosophy, including normative ethics, philosophy of psychology and psychiatry, and the meaning(fulness) of life.Further reading: Chalmers, H. (2019). Is monogamy morally permissible?. The Journal of Value Inquiry, 53(2), 225-241.York, K. (2020). Why monogamy is morally permissible: A defense of some common justifications for monogamy. The Journal of Value Inquiry, 54(4), 539-552.Chalmers, H. (2022). Monogamy Unredeemed. Philosophia, 50(3), 1009-1034.York, Kyle. 2023. “ A Couple of Reasons in Favor of Monogamy.” Journal of Social Philosophy 1–18.
the ethics of immoral jokes (w/ Connor Kianpour) ends & means 2023-10-14 | Can a joke's immorality make it funnier? Should "immoral" jokes be avoided? If so, when? With me to discuss is Connor Kianpour, a philosopher of humour who defends Comic Immoralism (the innocuous-seeming-yet-surprisingly-controversial view that jokes can be made funnier in virtue of their immoral content), as well as a broadly permissive take on the telling of immoral jokes.#comedy #jokes #ethics #philosophy #offensivehumor Connor's website: connorkianpour.com/researchConnor's 𝕏: twitter.com/veryonthenozickMy website: philpeople.org/profiles/amos-wollenMy 𝕏: twitter.com/goingawoll
