Philosophical Comment

Just as it says: the comments of a philosopher on the high and the low; world events, phenomena encountered and, occasionally, the esoteric happenings of academia.

Saturday, 30 October 2010

(Finally) the End of US. Gene Patents?

Today, the New York Times reports that the US federal government, through the Department of Justice, has decided to reverse the policy pra...

Friday, 29 October 2010

The New European Political Racism, Pt. 1: How Nationism Whitewashes Racism

In Europe during the last decade or so, new (or, in some cases, semi-new) political parties have been not only popping up, but actually havi...

Thursday, 28 October 2010

Intermission on the certification of clinical ethics consultants, featuring Arthur Caplan

In my field of research, bioethics, there is usually a shortage of humor. Here is an exception, as renowned US bioethics professor Arthur Ca...

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Christian Munthe: Professor of practical philosophy at the University of Gothenburg.

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