Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Coachean Feed: Cosmopolitanism, another trolley ride, men and childcare, hate crimes and the Ender's Game boycott.

More links of interest to the debate community.
  • The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy updates Cosmopolitanism.
  • In our novice sessions I pretty much cover all of these ramifications. Still, if you tend to take your trolley straight, Sinister Variations on the Trolley Problem
  • What? Men aren't doing their share? Oh brave new world, that has such old world wonders in it. Childcare – why don't men pull their weight? This is why Leaning In can only go so far.
  • "For those interested in a wide-ranging debate about hate crime, this fundamental fact needs to be grappled with: hate crime is about policing people’s beliefs and thoughts. Whichever level of hate crime is engaged (offence, aggravation or sentencing), the thrust of a hate crime is that the offender is punished for behaviours that stem from his beliefs and thoughts." The UK keeps expanding its hate crime parameters without actually examining the nature of hate crimes: Punish criminals for their actions, not their thoughts
  • Ah, Orson Scott, you're such a Card. I have very mixed feelings about this boycott, On the one hand, it won't accomplish anything, but on the other hand, "it’s not OK to support somebody who’s engaged in hateful discrimination on multiple occasions, and maybe next time people will think that through more carefully." Judge for yourself, but think it through. Orson Scott Card responds to threats of Ender’s Game boycott.

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