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Life Isn’t Fair: Part I
I'm traveling these next few days and unable to put up new material. This post, which is more relevant today and which I wish I could edit, originally appeared on…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
The Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage, Part IV (Final)
Part III Question 5 I have heard you say that homosexuals do not choose their "orientation" and that everybody has a right to be happy and thus has the right…
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Selective Abortion To Create Master Race: Progressive Academic Pushes For Moral Enhancement
Today's discovery is yet another academic with the map to Utopia glistening in his mind's eye. David DeGrazia of George Washington University, author of the peer-reviewed paper "Moral enhancement, freedom,…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
Sex Selection And In Vitro Fertilization
I'm always on the lookout for remunerative ways to spend my time. There yesterday on the American Statistical Association jobs site was a situation for a Medical Statistician, which is…
Posted inCulture Statistics
Support For Abortion by Reason: Mother’s Health Tops List: Attitudes Are Inconsistent
From the General Social Survey, a picture of the support for abortion by reason from 1972 until 20061. GSS questions on abortions are asked of about 1,000 (order of magnitude)…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
Who Is A Mother When Same-Sex “Marriage” Arrives?
A headline in the 2 January 2013 The Telegraph ran: First baby born in France in 2013 has two mothers The story informs us the birth mother is named Maude,…
Posted inFun Philosophy
Transhumanists Gather In San Francisco
My first thought when I read the title of today's post (from Bioedge) was that it was some kind of warning. Look out! It's the transhumanists! And then I figured…
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University’s Non-Discrimination Clause
I've been looking at university positions and typical is this fine print from the University of San Francisco (which used to be Catholic): The University of San Francisco is an…