April 11, 2013
Swords into Syllogisms
Steven Pinker says that violence has been declining since the beginning of modernity, and we have Reason to thank for...
Tag
565 Results
April 11, 2013
The Evolutionary Ethics of E. O. Wilson
Can evolution explain all of human morality — our sense of right and wrong, our attachments to one another and to the...
April 8, 2013
Do Elephants Have Souls?
Caitrin Keiper on the evidence for non-human intelligence, awareness, and emotion
-640x284.jpg)
April 4, 2013
Regarding Animals
How humanity should treat the rest of the animal kingdom and how we should think about the moral significance of...
April 3, 2013
St. Francis, Christian Love, and the Biotechnological Future
William B. Hurlbut reflects on hubris and humility, suffering and redemption
November 14, 2012
Yucca Mountain: A Post-Mortem
Adam J. White on the death of the planned nuclear-waste repository
November 14, 2012
Property Rights in Space
Rand Simberg on the legal framework needed to settle the final frontier
November 14, 2012
November 14, 2012
The Marvelous Marie Curie
Algis Valiunas on the passions and struggles of radiation’s pioneer
November 14, 2012