The worst thing in the world Joseph Zabel and Claire Zabel May 29, 2015 10 Comments Promoting animal rights and animal welfare is not a side issue. It is the immense, towering moral problem of our time. And all of us have the luxury of ignoring it, as long as savvy farmers keep the... Read More »
Luck and morality Claire Zabel and Joseph Zabel May 21, 2015 0 Comments Objectively assigning moral blame is a difficult thing to do, and when victims are involved it gets that much harder. But luck should be separate from morality. Read More »
We can do better than donating to Stanford Claire Zabel and Joseph Zabel May 14, 2015 5 Comments We should think about our charity as carefully as we reflect on our work life and as responsibly as we strive to manage our personal relationships. We can do better than The Stanford Fund wants us to.... Read More »
Disguising extremism as common sense Claire Zabel and Joseph Zabel May 7, 2015 4 Comments An argument that relies on this rhetorical ploy--that gets to avoid defending its weakest points, and obscures differences and logical links between different beliefs--is exactly what we need to... Read More »
Sad stories lead to bad policy: Endemic intellectual laziness and the disdain for data Claire Zabel and Joseph Zabel April 30, 2015 0 Comments We seek to highlight the fact that at the university undergraduate level, at least at Stanford and likely outside of it, there is shamefully little ethical pushback against the use of stories instead... Read More »
The case for eating oysters Claire Zabel and Joseph Zabel April 23, 2015 1 Comment Not eating animals should not be about having lots of rules or having an annoying diet, it should be about not causing animals to suffer and not damaging the earth. Read More »
Science literacy isn’t a silver bullet Claire Zabel and Joseph Zabel April 16, 2015 2 Comments Instead of just encouraging a better-educated population of science enthusiasts, we need to give people the training to engage with the science in a productive, critical manner while holding... Read More »
Do we all really need RFs?: A different proposal Claire Zabel and Joseph Zabel April 9, 2015 2 Comments Giving students (especially freshmen) the option of living in dorms without RFs provides them with an opportunity to experience dormitory life and their newfound independence without having to worry... Read More »
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