Ethically Yours

http://scientopia.org/blogs/ethicsandscience/2011/04/06/how-can-you-have-a-university-without-a-philosophy-department/

“’Math is for boys’ stereotype still alive.”   Improve grades for minority students. “What does not kill you does not always make you stronger.”  Experimental Philosophy And Another License those Bioethicists

Religious organization and spirituality can be a powerful tool in motivating people to fight and help them recover from the horror of war.  In light of this, for the past couple of years there has been work on using spiritual resilience training to help shield soldiers from PTSD.  Likewise, psychological and religious counselors in the [...]

Interesting points raised by this little spoof….   The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Robot Edition from Chad Meserve on Vimeo.

An interesting talk on the importance of having the wisdom to improvise and bend the rules in the service of the good. 

Interesting interview with former chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, GEN Hugh Shelton.  The General has a new book out, Without Hesitation.  I haven’t read the book, but based on this interview I think I’d like to pick it up.      The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Exclusive – [...]

The real deal. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Salvatore Giunta www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> March to Keep Fear Alive

Rory Miller at CHIRON offers some good advice for how to read a book.  He also has some interesting comments related to early education.  The parts on reading are based on reading for “maximizing comprehension and retention", not on “pleasure.”   Good for those hard to understand math textbooks or philosophical works…not so good for rereading [...]

Food for Thought

Many of us take it for granted that health care is readily available.  Yet for many people in the world, including the uninsured in the US, health care workers are not readily available.  I recently ran across an interesting website that may help people interested in providing or sharing community health care.  Hesperian:  Publishing for [...]