Tag: "culture & society"

Public Life, John Dewey, and Media Technology

Hans Lenk and Ulrich Arnswald use John Dewey’s distinction between public and private life to consider some implications of information technology.
[Issue 103: July/August 2014: Articles]

Prison Doesn’t Work

Stuart Greenstreet on the abysmal failure of theories about crime and punishment.
[Issue 102: May/June 2014: Ethics in Society]

A Dilemma of Consumer Responsibility

If you eat meat, are you personally to blame for the evils of factory farming? Richard Corry considers the consequences.
[Issue 102: May/June 2014: Ethics in Society]

Professional Baseball & Performance-Enhancing Drugs

Darrin Belousek considers different ethical perspectives on drugs in sport.
[Issue 102: May/June 2014: Ethics in Society]

Is Judging Islamic Culture Possible?

Terri Murray argues that ijtihad and critical debate are essential in a liberal, multicultural society.
[Issue 102: May/June 2014: Ethics in Society]

The Shawshank Redemption

Alexander Hooke finds hell & existentialist hope in prison.
[Issue 102: May/June 2014: Films]

Chris Madden’s Cartoon

by Chris Madden
[Issue 102: May/June 2014: Cartoon]

On Happiness

Siobhan Lyons argues that contemporary culture’s obsession with happiness is unhealthy in a variety of ways.
[Issue 100: January/February 2014: Articles]

America The Philosophical by Carlin Romano

Peter Caws argues that America The Philosophical is a misnomer (at best).
[Issue 100: January/February 2014: Books]

Dave Chappelle’s Block Party

Dharmender Dhillon asks what happened to the revolutionary potential of hip hop.
[Issue 99: November/December 2013: Films]

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