Applied Ethics

In a new Vanity Fair article, Jennifer Lawrence comments on how the recent release of her nude...

A couple weeks ago I excerpted and linked to an article in which friend of Camels...

Libby Anne's latest brilliant post on parenting analyzes a recent incident in which her 2...

This section of a recent Washington Post article has caused a lot of controversy in...

In the August 2014 issue of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Pieter Bonte, Sigrid Sterckx, and Guido Pennings argue that...

The connection between conservative religiosity and greater proneness towards corporal punishment and authoritarian parenting styles...

Thought provoking, had never considered this before and I'm interested in Your Thoughts after you...

This blog post is a new installment of my "Empowerment Ethics" series, in which I systematically explain, develop,...

In the last few years I have written a lot both on behalf of social...

Does being a moral philosopher obligate you to be a moral role model? And when...

Don't say "You can't stop teenagers from having sex". It's not true. You can stop...

Did you hear about this young evangelical couple in Topeka?? Jon and Darla Crocker, who...

Hi Dan! I have a question for you! What do you think one's moral obligations...

The problems discussed in the middle section of this post's essay are epitomized in various...

Ashely F. Miller of the blog Ashley F. Miller hosted her inaugural episode of The Ashley...

In this post I explore some of the ways that our beliefs, values, commitments, behaviors,...

Sometimes we hurt others without intending to do so. Often in these cases, we typically...

How BDSM is like sour candies, cannibalism is like white chocolate, and violence is like...

What kinds of motives are morally relevant? Which are important? Why are they important? When...

I posted to Facebook what I thought was a very interesting article about consent that...

For the latest installment of our "Forward Thinking" series, our bloggers discuss the nature and...

With an encouraging high of 58% of Americans now supporting gay marriage, it is beginning...

A lot of people say civil debate is impossible online. I think it's vitally necessary....

A number of forward thinking bloggers share their experiences with death and the insights they...

My thoughts on self-esteem, identity, objectification, Jean-Paul Sartre, and overcoming self-sabotaging narratives we tell ourselves.

This is the first of what I am thinking will be a series of occasional...

Twice monthly, Libby Anne of Love Joy Feminism and I are raising questions about values for our...

Last month Libby Anne's blog exploded when she posted a long article on how she...

One of my new best friends on Facebook, Chana Messinger has written a very good...

Melissa Harris-Perry draws on her own experience to explain rape and its consequences to Richard...