As the summer goes along, I will post additional options for summer reading this year on the site. If you have questions about titles or would like to suggest other options, please feel free to ask. Additional titles: The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by […]
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Women already dominate at every degree level, accounting for a higher percentage of earned degrees than men, reports Valerie Strauss of The Washington Post, and this gender gap is likely to grow. The gender gap is also greater among certain minorities. The gap between black women and men, for example, is greater than the gap […]
We studied the following four philosophers of justice: John Rawls Robert Nozick Carol Gilligan Ayn Rand The questions for the education debate are Should teachers receive merit pay rather than traditional pay? Should the federal government maintain No Child Left Behind testing and penalties for schools? Should states deveop/assist charter schools and private schools more? […]
My colleague, the philosopher Tamar Gendler, describes the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a glass walkway that extends 70 feet from the canyon’s rim. It is supposedly a thrilling experience. So thrilling that some people drive several miles over a dirt road to get there and then discover that they are too afraid to step onto the […]