Do You Even Care?

We are taught to be cordial. To care, however, is an entirely different animal.

Reason and morality — Part 1

Why should I act morally?

Questions such as “Why should I be nice to everyone?” or “Why should I treat people equally?” are questions that assume some moral framework. “Why should I act morally?” asks not within but about that…

Offenses & Excuses

An Examination of the Neutrilization Techniques that Make Committing Crimes More…

On animal rights

I am putting below two arguments I have been playing with this year where the rational conclusion seems to be a more equal (relative to humans) treatment of animals. The first argument is a classic utilitarian argument which, as good as it is, suffers from some flaws but it’s nevertheless…

The Illustrated Man Vol.1 — The Age of Enlightenment

Sameness (Equated)

Ai is an intelligent robot. It is intelligent in the human sense of the word and so, he can do all the things an average human can do. He can have more or less interesting…