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Is All Knowledge Good?

Knowledge is a buzzword in the modern world. To say that we have knowledge in some area is to say that we have a good firm grasp on what is actually going on. We are going beyond mere opinion, and seemingly, our knowledge allows us to do certain things that would be impossible [...]

21May2008 | Elijah Weber | 1 comment | Continued
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Ethical Animal Treatment - My Cat is Smarter Than Your Baby

Modern society has a somewhat puzzling view concerning treatment of animals. Pet animals are seen as de facto members of our families, yet the very same animals are also used for research, product testing, and agriculture. Most people spend very little time thinking about the reasons for the relationship that humans have with [...]

18May2008 | Elijah Weber | 1 comment | Continued
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Be Nice, But Not Too Nice

“He’s a nice guy. So nice.” We hear this sort of thing often, and I personally find it to be the most meaningless statement one can make. What are we saying here? I have no idea, and it is exceedingly perplexing to me how often this empty phrase is used to describe people. I have [...]

1May2008 | Elijah Weber | 0 comments | Continued
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What Assumptions Do You Take for Granted?

Knowledge and learning are funny things. Really funny. For example, what most young people know by the time they are in the sixth grade is equivalent to what some of the smartest people in the world knew two thousand years ago (depending on what part of the world you are looking at). [...]

23Apr2008 | Elijah Weber | 1 comment | Continued
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Does Science Reveal Truth?

It is a common misconception that scientists are telling us something about the way the world is, independent of any perspectives or viewpoints that we might have about it. Social sciences are considered “soft” because they depict the world through the intermediary of cultural lenses. Natural sciences, on the other hand, are “hard” [...]

21Apr2008 | Elijah Weber | 6 comments | Continued
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Ethics in the Classroom

Every now and again I receive an unusual request from one of my students. Such an event occurred last week, when a student came to my office with a rather odd problem. She is a student in the philosophy class that I am a teaching assistant for, and she informed me that she [...]

18Apr2008 | Elijah Weber | 1 comment | Continued
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How to Eat a Raw Food Diet

Aloha! I am Orinaiya, and I have been 100% raw for several weeks now and have been into the raw food lifestyle for almost a year. I offer raw foods coaching, healing with a Raindrop Treatment of essential oils and Hawaiian Healing, as well as energy awareness events and crystal bowl concerts. I would love [...]

15Apr2008 | Orinaiya | 3 comments | Continued
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Is Morality Real?

The title of this article should cause at least some of you to leap out of your chair, point accusingly at your computer, and shout, “How dare you! Of course morality is real. What kind of a silly person are you to suggest such a thing?” Quite right! Most people feel [...]

8Apr2008 | Elijah Weber | 2 comments | Continued