February 2021 Dates of Interest
February 2021 Dates of Interest
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Items that have appeared in CFIC’s monthly Critical Links newsletter https://centreforinquiry.ca/critical-links/
January 2021 Dates of Interest
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In Memoriam: Judith Jarvis Thompson
Mark Maharaj The philosopher Judith Jarvis Thompson died on November 20, 2020. She was 91. Known for her work on a variety of issues in normative ethics, applied ethics, meta-ethics, and metaphysics, Thompson was professor emerita at MIT. She was the originator of the “Violinist” thought experiment used to demonstrate the concept of bodily autonomy…
December 2020 Dates of Interest
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How Human Behaviour is Driving the COVID-19 Case Numbers
Sandra Dunham In my home, the dialogue about COVID-19 and the rapidly increasing case numbers follows the narrative of “Why can’t people just do the right thing? Don’t people realize that their behaviour is making this worse?” And yet, when carefully examined, our own behaviour is, at times, less than stellar. So, why, when the…
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