Should you be allowed to “marry” your sister?
As heterosexual couples gain access to Civil Partnerships, why not offer legal partnerships to platonic couples, too?
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Which books best explain why life is worth living?
Surprisingly, few of the world’s great philosophers have directly addressed this question. Instead, they have focused on a subtly different question: what does it mean to live well?
ReadCow philosophy
Rosmaund Young’s The Secret Life of Cows made me think of how Hume did not so much elevate the animals to the supposed level of humans as claim that much human “reasoning” is no more rational than that of other animals.
ReadThe meaning of life (redux)
We should all know what the meaning of life is by now. So why do we still have more books, more discussion, more head-scratching about what it is?
ReadAristotle and Confucius on CSR
It would be naive to think that large organizations can, or should, do away with policies and metrics altogether. But they should be seen as complements to, rather than replacements for, the greater task of building the right kind of moral character in the organization.
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