Teaching with science fiction I’m a fan of using science fiction in my teaching, probably because I’m a fan of science fiction. After all, Star Trek: The Next Generation was one of my earliest philosophical influences! Craig B. Jacobsen suggests that science fiction’s “generation of cognitive estrangement makes it perhaps uniquely qualified to provide college students with the critical distance necessary to recognize the complexity of the worlds that they must learn to navigate.” [1] By … [Read more...]
Political veganism and whiteness
This week I read what is to-date the best answer I've found to feminist scientist and philosopher Donna Haraway's critique of veganism. If you are unfamiliar with Haraway, see my previous post, in which I challenge the way that Haraway describes veganism. She critiques veganism for seeking to claim innocence from systems that do violence to nonhuman animals. I offer "Veganisms" by philosopher Robert C. Jones as a response to Haraway. Jones outlines three different types of ethical veganism … [Read more...]