Mike Munger of Duke tries to build a bridge between economists and ethical philosophers. He coins a new word: "euvoluntary." This article might warrant its own blog post at some point, but here’s a podcast where Munger discusses the idea.
I found this XKCD comic chuckleworthy–and profound. Is every finer taste worth cultivating?
Getting technical, Caplan and Miller demonstrate that more educated people tend to think like economists on economic issues.
I had forgotten the remarkable story of Alexis St. Martin, the early nineteenth-century man who lived much of his life as a scientific "freak show" with an open hole in his stomach.
Some honest words from a prominent NT scholar.
Are we responsible for all our actions? What does responsibility even mean?