Law, philosophy, academia and science
From Cardozo Law Review, Robert Justin Lipkin (Widener): Which Constitution? Who Decides? The Problem of Judicial Supremacy and the Interbranch Solution; Nancy Levit (Missouri): Confronting Conventional Thinking: The Heuristics Problem in Feminist Legal Theory; and Christopher M. Fairman (Ohio State): Fuck: "In this Article, I explore the intersection of the word fuck, taboo, and the law".
From Eurozine, citizenship as a learning process: In the dominant liberal discourse on citizenship, learning processes have tended to be reduced to citizenship classes. Gerard Delanty outlines a concept of citizenship that, rather than merely demanding cognitive competence, has a developmental and transformative impact on the subject.
From Philosophy Bites, an interview with Anne Phillips, author of Multiculturalism Without Culture (and the first chapter); an interview with Miranda Fricker, author of Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing; an interview with John Cottingham, author of On The Meaning of Life; and an interview with Alain de Botton, author of The Architecture of Happiness. An excerpt from Remastering Morals with Aristotle and Confucius by May Sim. Wonder what Aristotle would make of Facebook? The great thinker had a lot to say about friendship that is newly relevant with the rise of such network sites.
From The New Humanist, Danny Postel remembers the daring philosophy of Richard Rorty; atheism a la mode: A panel of humanist thinkers consider the work French philosopher Michel Onfray; and through the looking glass: AC Grayling finds that in the work of leading philosopher John Gray, everything is the wrong way round and upside down; and an article on Jean Meslier, a priest who left a deathbed bombshell. You Ask, Dershowitz Answers: Alan Dershowitz will be offering his counsel to Forward readers as guest advice columnist.
From Inside Higher Ed, an Anti-Progressive Syllabus: In the era of anthologies of criticism, Mark Bauerlein has some ideas of works to add. Tenure Shrugged: A scholar's affinity for the philosophy of Ayn Rand cost him his job. A review of Does God Belong in Public Schools? by Kent Greenawalt. Money for Nothing: Paying students for studying doesn’t help them learn. Four Score and Seven Manatees Ago: Why have we stopped naming schools after great public figures? Teaching American history: How do we ask our children to fight, and perhaps die, for a country they do not know? William J. Bennett wants to know.
From Discover, Your Body is a Planet: 90% of the cells within us are not ours but microbes'; and Aliens Among Us: Do we share Earth with alternative life forms? Synthetic life could be just around the corner - - depending on what you mean by "synthetic". A review of Faust in Copenhagen: A Struggle for the Soul of Physics by Gino Segre.
