Theoria

The other day, Timothy Morton had a post arguing in favour of incrementalism as a solution to environmental problems. Levi Bryant then chimed in arguing, more or less, the opposite position. (I won’t discuss Levi’s post because that leads to a whole new set of arguments–I’ll note, however, that Levi’s political theory has become far [...]

From the recap for the second episode of season 4, titled “You Smell Like Dinner” (take note!) at tor.com. But, you know, while True Blood’s making this great metaphor of vampires as social outsiders, really comparing their fight to that of today’s gay rights activists, it sure does make me scratch my head that Lafayette and [...]

I’ve commented many times on the willingness of the OSPCA to “euthanize” animals in its possession for a variety of bad reasons–being afflicted with curable diseases, a lack of space, ostensible behavioural problems, and so on. In all these cases the word “euthanize” is used incorrectly. Euthanization refers to the merciful killing of a being [...]

The following was written as an opinion piece for the National Post’s Full Comment page. While the editor was interested in running the piece, he wanted more changes to it (“too academic”) than time allows. No, It’s Not Just Animal Ethicists Who Are “Barking Mad”–It’s All of Us! I wish I could congratulate Tasha Kheiriddin [...]