The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
...research articles that relate to studies of the arts and aesthetics in various disciplines, including philosophy and the sciences, as well as book reviews of relevant material. The variety in...
Medically Assisted Suicide, Christianity, and Confucius
...and philosophy scholar Ping-cheung Lo looks at the issue from outside the Christian-secular spectrum, examining how traditional Confucian values relate to one particular secular argument: the notion of “death with...
The Logan Act
...Logan, calling him, among other things, a “propagandist of sedition and philosophy.” Frederick B. Tolles does a historian’s job of rescuing Logan from his enemies in his nuanced article from...
Teaching Facts and Values in Public Schools
In a recent entry in the New York Times philosophy column “The Stone,” Justin P. McBrayer argues that public schools are misleading students by teaching them to sort statements into...
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A History of Women’s Prisons
...the men. Thanks to the changes in correctional philosophy, the new emphasis was on individual choice and reformation, and, instead of victims of fate, the women were viewed as “generally...
A Universe Where Time Runs Backwards
The big bang may have created an additional universe where time goes backwards, according to new simulations. Using computer models, the researchers determined that there might be a parallel universe...
The Rise and Fall of “Education for Leisure”
...Obamacare. Fund road and bridge projects that create construction jobs. Here’s one you won’t hear: Teach philosophy and art appreciation, so that people whose working hours are cut can use...
Trotsky’s New York Minute
...his autobiography: “Here I was in New York, city of prose and fantasy, of capitalist automatism, its streets a triumph of cubism, its moral philosophy that of the dollar. New...
Waking the Spirits: The Diaries of John A. Clark
...the results. “I see the operation & the communications are of such a character,” he wrote in his diary, “that with all our reason and philosophy we are entirely unable...
Embracing Dry Land: Water-Smart Urban Design and Drought in the American West
...sure the water was there for the taking without further thought, as if from a magic fountain, was the guiding philosophy behind water management in the West for most of...