Author Archive for ‘Emily Gray’
Excuses Excuses
Not a lot going on at the gapingwhole lately. It’s finals time for me, and post-finals apathy time for westwood but things will pick up in a bit. In the mean time, here are some sites that are aiding me in my procrastination efforts. Rachel McAdams & Co have a sexy green website. Pretty pictures […]
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Dancy FTW
by Em. A little while ago, I posted Clair Danes’ interview with Craig Ferguson, in which she talked about her father- in-law Jonathan Dancy. And here is Dancy himself talking with Ferguson. I love it (and hate it) when rather smart people (i.e., Ferguson) who haven’t really studied much contemporary philosophy attempt to ‘get it’. […]
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Tags: comedy, Craig Ferguson, Dancy, Johnathan Dancy, Jonathan Dancy, moral issues, particularism, philosophy, videos
The Veil of Ignorance
by Em. I bet, reading the title of this post, that you were expecting a post about Rawls. Really, I just used the promise of political philosophy to lure you here, because I want to talk some about much more literal veils. I suppose, on second thought ‘free porn’ or ‘cute kittens doing silly things’ […]
Filed under: conservatism, feminism, hypocrisy, Mark Steyn | 6 Comments
Tags: burka, conservativism, culture, equality, feminism, freddom of conscience, freedom, freedom of speech, hijab, human rights, Islam, Mark Steyn, Muslim, niqab, political philosophy, politics, Princess Hijab, religion, veil, women
