We all feel it, but we rarely admit to or discuss it openly—Envy.
Moral philosophers and religious doctrines have condemned envy as a personal moral failing. What we don’t consider...
Blog Posts Tagged with Equality
Is affirmative action dead? Not by a long shot. It was first implemented in the 1960s to remedy the effects of past racial and sexual discrimination. Today it is alive and well, flying under the name of “diversity,”...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on September 20, 2010
Essentially that is the question dividing progressives/liberals on the one hand and libertarians/conservatives on the other.
Philosophers Jan Narveson and James P. Sterba take on...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on August 23, 2010
Commenting on our topic page History of Feminism and Feminist Thought, a reader recently complained about the topic’s picture. In her view the image of a woman’s foot clothed in stilettos and...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on August 20, 2010
Admittedly, I’m a nerd and ladies' night never really worked for me. Believe me, trying to pick up the girl doing Jell-O shots by waxing philosophically about Plato’s Republic really doesn’t work. Nonetheless...
Posted by: Devin Foley on July 28, 2010
Our new library topic page examines the history, rationale and consequences of Title IX. As part of the “Education...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on April 1, 2010
Many students look at the prospect of single-payer health care as a big step toward freedom. The thinking goes that, if government provides health care, everyday people will be “freed” from worry about health care and...
Posted by: Devin Foley on March 10, 2010
As unpopular as it may be to admit on many college campuses, the truth remains that men and women are not physiologically or psychologically equal.
While every stereotype certainly...
Posted by: Devin Foley on March 3, 2010
American culture is dominated by competitive sports of nearly every kind.
Some sports require team play; others are solo events. All have rules of the game by which each player or team must abide or otherwise forfeit the opportunity to...
Posted by: Devin Foley on February 20, 2009