by Publius | Jan 3, 2015 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Is the gambling industry a form of entertainment or irresponsibility? A social benefit or ill? Consider the various sides of this topic. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course experience, which is free...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Dec 4, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Eric Metaxas | Black Friday came a little early this year in Louisiana, with shoppers emptying store shelves. But why it happened says a lot about who we are as humans… On October 13, Wal-Mart shelves in Springhill and Mansfield, Louisiana, were stripped bare...
by Publius | Nov 11, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Janie B. Cheaney | There’s a fight going on in the pages of The New Republic. Over the last couple of months, evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker has been duking it out with Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of the magazine, over two great human endeavors: In...
by Publius | Oct 7, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Jacqueline Harvey | The expansion of physician-assisted suicide from the West to the East coast makes its legalization in other neighboring states much more likely. On May 20, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed “The Patient Choice and Control at the End of Life...
by Publius | Sep 20, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Listen in to a panel discussion at Princeton University moderated by Brit Hume on the issue of ethics and ethical decision-making. Can you know right from wrong? 2 HOURS, 1,000 POINTS.