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Teacher: Students Crave Ethics Instruction 0
- Culture
- July 26, 2016
High school English teacher Paul Barnwell made two interesting observations yesterday in The Atlantic. The first was that his students have no moral compass. Barnwell discovered this when discussing various ethical issues with his class. His students were, he found, quite oblivious to internationally and historically accepted values of moral living. But perhaps such a
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Harvard Scientist Explains what Porn does to your Brain 3
- Family
- July 26, 2016
As we’ve previously noted, it’s difficult to get consistent answers on the alleged dangers of pornography. Scientific research on the subject varies widely. It’s safe to say that Kevin Majeres, a psychiatrist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy and a faculty member of Harvard Medical School, is among those who view pornography as harmful. Writing on the
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Expert Explains Why Many Educators Can’t Teach Math 1
- Education
- July 25, 2016
U.S. high school students recently scored a huge victory when they won the 2016 International Math Olympiad. The team’s head coach attributed the U.S.’s increased standing in math to the many online elements of self-education that are now available to the enterprising young student. But what about the young students who don’t pursue online math
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Moral philosophy is not dead yet 0
- Western Civilization
- July 25, 2016
Last year, the ethicist Walter-Sinnot Armstrong asked whether philosophers were out of touch with, even contemptuous, of ordinary people and everyday life. The picture he paints isn’t flattering: Philosophers love to complain about bad reasoning. How can those other people commit such silly fallacies? Don’t they see how arbitrary and inconsistent their positions are? Aren’t
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Can You Solve These Medieval Riddles?0
- Entertainment
- July 25, 2016
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Why Conservatives Can’t Understand Liberals (and Vice Versa)0
- Education
- July 25, 2016
It’s probably important to preface any conversation on morality by noting that humans often struggle—mightily—to agree on what morality is. While it’s a thorny topic to define and explain, it would of course be foolish to avoid the pursuit of moral truths for this reason. Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia
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