Jay Carlson
@carlsonrj87.bsky.social
Philosophy Ph.D. Loyola-Chicago. I think about disagreement a lot. Epistemology. Political Philosophy. Clinical Medical Ethics. Stutterer @MacLeanEthics @woffordcollege @UHouston
Is there a TNF preview today?
September 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Is there a TNF preview today?
What’s something from Garcia you would recommend?
April 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What’s something from Garcia you would recommend?
Anything on tourism?
April 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Anything on tourism?
As Robert Talisse observed some months ago, there’s a (surprisingly under noticed) difference between prosecuting your political opponents and prosecuting them *because* they are political opponents.
March 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As Robert Talisse observed some months ago, there’s a (surprisingly under noticed) difference between prosecuting your political opponents and prosecuting them *because* they are political opponents.
Can he give this information to a Democratic Senator or something?
March 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Can he give this information to a Democratic Senator or something?
Today I was reminded of his recurring segment decrying today’s journalistic standards by QTing a random silly-sounding Hypatia article, but then uncritically broadcasting an article titled “Should men vacuum more? no”
March 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Today I was reminded of his recurring segment decrying today’s journalistic standards by QTing a random silly-sounding Hypatia article, but then uncritically broadcasting an article titled “Should men vacuum more? no”
Isn’t it grand to take such a stand??
February 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Isn’t it grand to take such a stand??
I’ve also been perplexed by the claim that invading forces aren’t subject to US jurisdiction. If an invading soldier robs a store can they not be tried for that act?
January 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’ve also been perplexed by the claim that invading forces aren’t subject to US jurisdiction. If an invading soldier robs a store can they not be tried for that act?
Aside from the fact they are going to be implemented by some “chaos monkeys” what would Hamilton say about the proposed Trump tariffs?
January 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Aside from the fact they are going to be implemented by some “chaos monkeys” what would Hamilton say about the proposed Trump tariffs?
Yeah Detroit has been valiant, but at some point the injuries have just gotta be too much to come back from.
December 18, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Yeah Detroit has been valiant, but at some point the injuries have just gotta be too much to come back from.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
I argue that Cultivating virtues like courage and resilience are insufficient ways to deal with moral distress among healthcare providers, but we can instead think ab how organizational policies contribute to the ends of medicine.
I argue that Cultivating virtues like courage and resilience are insufficient ways to deal with moral distress among healthcare providers, but we can instead think ab how organizational policies contribute to the ends of medicine.
Organizational Virtue Ethics and Moral Distress among Healthcare Workers | The Journal of Clinical Ethics: Vol 35, No 3
Abstract Moral distress is traditionally defined as situations where one knows the right thing to do but external constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action. Many inter...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 12, 2024 at 6:14 PM
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
I argue that Cultivating virtues like courage and resilience are insufficient ways to deal with moral distress among healthcare providers, but we can instead think ab how organizational policies contribute to the ends of medicine.
I argue that Cultivating virtues like courage and resilience are insufficient ways to deal with moral distress among healthcare providers, but we can instead think ab how organizational policies contribute to the ends of medicine.
We’ve spoken about this before, but they’re all the women in the Chris Rock bit “He ain’t talkin bout ME!!”
Narrator: he was in fact talking about them..
Narrator: he was in fact talking about them..
October 29, 2024 at 6:05 PM
We’ve spoken about this before, but they’re all the women in the Chris Rock bit “He ain’t talkin bout ME!!”
Narrator: he was in fact talking about them..
Narrator: he was in fact talking about them..
I think a dream of mine is a sigur ros concert, an edible, and a hammock
October 25, 2024 at 8:07 PM
I think a dream of mine is a sigur ros concert, an edible, and a hammock
Definitely the weirdest Wonder Years crossover episode…
September 8, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Definitely the weirdest Wonder Years crossover episode…
Yes, but I don’t recall hookahing thru Malibu
August 30, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Yes, but I don’t recall hookahing thru Malibu
lol I remember a lot of dumb things we did in college, but I don’t recall this one (sounds gross tho)
August 30, 2024 at 4:14 PM
lol I remember a lot of dumb things we did in college, but I don’t recall this one (sounds gross tho)
I have noticed mirror 1 goes to a dead page for a few weeks, and mirror 2 does have a number of pop ups before allowing a download.
August 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I have noticed mirror 1 goes to a dead page for a few weeks, and mirror 2 does have a number of pop ups before allowing a download.
Still works for me…
August 20, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Still works for me…
Turnout is the political equivalent of “the team that scores more points wins.”
August 12, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Turnout is the political equivalent of “the team that scores more points wins.”
So Trump is trying to say the NY case relied on private records/testimony of his conversations with his advisors, which per the ruling shouldn’t be admitted as evidence. I don’t see how any of those actions qualify as official acts (tho I guess we’ll see)!
July 2, 2024 at 6:07 PM
So Trump is trying to say the NY case relied on private records/testimony of his conversations with his advisors, which per the ruling shouldn’t be admitted as evidence. I don’t see how any of those actions qualify as official acts (tho I guess we’ll see)!
Not a philosopher of science, but I think the value-laden questions in science (esp medicine) are really worth thinking carefully about. I think there’s a lot of latent value judgments involved in things, eg, like “is this condition a lethal anomaly?” www.jstor.org/stable/3528153
Lethal Language, Lethal Decisions on JSTOR
Tracy K. Koogler, Benjamin S. Wilfond, Lainie Friedman Ross, Lethal Language, Lethal Decisions, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 2003), pp. 37-41
www.jstor.org
December 4, 2023 at 6:39 PM
Not a philosopher of science, but I think the value-laden questions in science (esp medicine) are really worth thinking carefully about. I think there’s a lot of latent value judgments involved in things, eg, like “is this condition a lethal anomaly?” www.jstor.org/stable/3528153
Correct. Albert Schweitzer who at 30, after publishing a pivotal work in Historical Jesus research and organ composition, decides to retrain as a doctor and live as medical missionary in Gabon. I love it bc Schweitzer is relatively obscure in popular culture.
October 21, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Correct. Albert Schweitzer who at 30, after publishing a pivotal work in Historical Jesus research and organ composition, decides to retrain as a doctor and live as medical missionary in Gabon. I love it bc Schweitzer is relatively obscure in popular culture.
It’s my second favorite Simpsons quote, only to this deep cut from the Stone Cutters episode.
October 21, 2023 at 7:00 PM
It’s my second favorite Simpsons quote, only to this deep cut from the Stone Cutters episode.