Mathias O. Royce (SMC): Justice and Taxation: Is There any Form of Just Taxation? If so, What is it Like and how can it be Justified? Douglas Walton (Windsor): Rules for Reasoning from Knowledge and Lack of Knowledge. Otto F. Von Feigenblatt (Nova Southeastern): A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Romantic Love in Japanese Harem Animation: A Buddhist Monk, a Japanese Knight, and a Samurai. Is romantic love a Western, heterosexual construct? Researchers convince people they have three arms — then threaten one with a knife. Defiant chastity: When popular culture is relentlessly permissive and debauched, the only true rebellion is to exhibit self-denial and fearsome wholesomeness. Are we more or less moral than we think? Why Washington won't say no to nukes: Japan's crisis hasn't changed the bipartisan nuclear consensus. Time to go on offense: Our current tax system rewards unproductive speculation and punishes the working middle class. Damon Darlin on Monopoly, Milton Friedman’s way. Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, argues that if we lose our privacy we sacrifice a fundamental part of our humanity. A review of The Docks by Bill Sharpsteen. A review of Porn: Philosophy for Everyone: How to Think With Kink. From Butterflies and Wheels, Allen Esterson on Darwin’s “delay”, Desmond and Moore’s Darwin, and Darwin's illness. We Are All Roman Porn Stars Now: Marc Bousquet on the Spartacus prequel miniseries "Gods of the Arena". A look at 6 important things you didn't know we're running out of. A mental map of the world: Razib Kahn on the total lack of perspective when it comes to current spatial patterns. A review of A History of Communications: Media and Society from the Evolution of Speech to the Internet by Marshall T. Poe.
