A number of popular articles (and books) have implored people to have fewer children as a way of minimizing anthropogenic global warming.
Much like I try to match my scholarly beliefs with intellectual humility, I rather hope to match my moral outrage with moral humility.
If we ask these accusers to explain themselves, are we blaming the victims? Possibly.
I see very little promise in grounding a moral realism (insofar as such a thing is ultimately a viable project) in terms of evolutionary fitness, and much more promise is taking Harris’ tack.
Somewhere in our evolutionary past how smart and social we are became the major control on our access to sexual partners — not how big or fancy a male’s penis is.
Diversity is the celebration of individuality and nonconformity, and democracy is most precious when it allows three hundred million individuals to reach a compromise out of love for their country.
What I have outlined above are valid critiques of Trump’s policies which need to be vigorously pursued through constitutional channels and via Senatorial and Congressional opposition.
Make no mistake, we should be wary of the effects that beliefs might have.
The importance of sex in creating the right environment for healthy pregnancy is also observed in clinical studies in IVF and other methods of assisted reproduction.
The real beauty of the biopsychosocial approach is that it has application to the individual (both in terms of causal explanation and of treatment offered), to the wider population, and to research.
We harbor no illusions that a single article will alter anyone’s mindset on the issue of race differences in a deeply appreciable manner.
If one is serious about defending liberal order, then one should be prepared to spend. After all, freedom isn’t free, and Uncle Sucker won’t be there forever.
The only way to head mobs off at the pass is for individuals and institutions to resist them.
There can be no doubt that the current American political landscape is characterized by polarization and extremism in many forms.