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Scientists Exaggerate How Ethical They Are in Doing Science | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/questi…

#WFU Christian Miller Christian Miller writes about an academic researcher accused of dishonesty. The particular kind of dishonesty in question is plagiarism. Miller writes about issues at the intersection of ethics & psychology. forbes.com/sites/christia…

As always, FIRE is on the front lines of free speech and is helpfully clear being about what is and is not protected. Know your actual rights.

Funny that people who have dragged this organization for years might suddenly find it useful.

Back when I was teaching first amendment jurisprudence, I regularly taught Eisgruber. He's absolutely correct here. Free speech doesn't mean you get to disrupt the university's essential activities.

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'Scientists Exaggerate How Ethical They Are in Doing Science' Psychology Today

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Social media is a collective trap: Users feel compelled to stay engaged, even if they hate it.

The majority of people would prefer to live in a world without Tik Tok or Instagram (which currently have 3.5 billion users). Indeed, nearly 60% of Instagram users wish the platform…

And, recently, Charles Parsons, Michael Tanner, Jonathan Bennett, and others. Wow again.

professors with eyes open have been aware of this for years.

a) virtually all incentives in higher education flow toward easing requirements for students, including reductions in cr/hrs for degrees, and…
(b) students can satisfy course requirements without time intensive…

Banning smartphones in schools is good for learning and well-being.

New study of 400+ middle schools in Norway: after smartphone bans, girls had fewer mental health issues & better grades. Boys and girls were less likely to be bullied.

Smartphones belong at home or in lockers.

Recorded a great conversation last night w/ Jordan Hampton (The Analytic Christian) on this paper, forthcoming in F&P.

Penultimate draft on Phil Papers:
Sleep Training, Day Care, & Swim Lessons: Skeptical Theism and the Parent Child Analogy.

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Earlier than expected, but my book Political Beliefs: A Philosophical Introduction is now available online via open access. The print version will be available in mid-May. The book is half textbook and half treatise. routledge.com/Political-Beli…

Robert Kane
Daniel Dennett
Robert Adams

Losing three philosophical giants all in one week. Wow.

New Publication: Excited to see it in print!

'How Situationism Impacts the Goals of Character Education' Special Issue of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.

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In 2011, Dr. Sara Konrath documented a decrease in American empathy, launching a thousand think pieces about moral decline.

But our care has bounced back. What happened, and why has this good news gone pretty much unnoticed?

My latest for Vox: vox.com/future-perfect…

New Publication: Excited to see it in print!

'How Situationism Impacts the Goals of Character Education' Special Issue of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.

Springer Nature Springer Philosophy John Templeton Foundation Jubilee Centre Wake Forest News

God tier recommendation letter

Pollen is...bad...

Ukraine had rationed the rockets, missiles and artillery shells they had left.

After the USD 61 billion vote in the U.S. that over.

Today, they released a video of the army firing 16 HIMARS rockets at Russian positions.

New episode: Narrative and Moral Responsibility with Meghan Griffith.

In this episode, we talk with Meghan Griffith about how she draws from work in developmental psychology to argue that agents’ narrative capacity is connected to our sensitivity to reasons and our self control.