I can’t help but wonder if we’ve got the story wrong. What if we’re not mis-shapen? What if our culture is? How does that change the way we address our dissatisfaction? Continue reading
May 7, 2009
by rekonstruct
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Tag Archives: ethics
November 13, 2008
by Will
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Race, Rape, and Rights: Sacred Cows in Hip Hop
Requiring a woman to adopt an “understanding” attitude in order to approach a text saturated with male aggression is to perpetuate male aggression. For it forces her, as a first step, to submit by placing “him” first. In the case of a discourse about rape, this is violence against her. Continue reading
October 31, 2008
by rekonstruct
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Star Trek Ethics
The Prime Directive. It was the unbreakable rule. God, I loved it when Picard would break the rules. A few years ago I realized that Star Trek (TNG) had shaped my ethical make up more than my parents, teachers, the bible, Kant, Hobbes, the list goes on. Continue reading