tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204051752012-01-19T09:50:18.635-05:00Short Essays on Ethics, Animals, Astronomy, Logic, and other topics by Joel Marksjmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18418276248125976522noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20405175.post-48415159500951504742010-12-05T10:33:00.007-05:002011-11-21T20:15:05.296-05:00This site contains samples of the hundreds of newspaper op-eds, magazine columns, journal articles, book chapters, and other published and unpublished short essays I have written over the years. I will keep uploading old and new ones. Click here for <a href="http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Bioethicsforum/Post.aspx?id=5629&blogid=140">THIS MONTH'S FEATURED ESSAY</a>.<br /><br />Thanks and enjoy -- Joel Marks<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20405175-4841515950095150474?l=moralandothermoments.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18418276248125976522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20405175.post-1136314887428477542006-01-03T14:00:00.040-05:002012-01-19T09:49:52.182-05:00<em>Absurdity of Life</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2008/05/car-seats-and-absurd.html">Car Seats and the Absurd</a><br /><br /><em>Activism</em><br /><a href="http://professionalpublications.blogspot.com/2008/01/activism-as-integrity.html">Activism as Integrity</a><br /><br /><em>Animal Ethics</em><br /><a href="http://professionalpublications.blogspot.com/2008/01/activism-as-integrity.html">Activism as Integrity</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2010/12/kittens-horrid-tale-contains-conundrum.html">Cruelty and Contradiction</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-years-resolution-go-vegan.html">New Year's Resolution</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/of-humans-and-mice.html">Of Humans and Mice</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2007/05/singer-diet.html">The Singer Diet</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2008/11/turning-tables-we-matter-because-we-are.html">Turning the Tables</a><br /><a href="http://essaysonanimalethics.blogspot.com/2011/07/veterinarian-heal-thy-profession.html">Veterinarian, Heal Thy Profession</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/vivisection-and-ethics-cutting-to-quick.html">Vivisection and Ethics</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2008/11/whose-environment-is-it.html">Whose Environment Is It?</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/you-always-hurt-one-you-love.html">You Always Hurt the One You Love</a><br /><br /><em>Asian Philosophies</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/05/geography-of-philosophy.html">The Geography of Philosophy</a><br /><br /><em>Astronomy</em><br /><a href="http://skyskinny.blogspot.com/2006/01/and-then-there-were-eight_03.html">And Then There Were Eight</a><br /><a href="http://skyskinny.blogspot.com/2006/04/apophis.html">Apophis</a><br /><a href="http://skyskinny.blogspot.com/2006/01/golden-age-of-astronomy.html">Golden Age of Astronomy</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalastronomy.blogspot.com/2007/12/our-whirling-world.html">Our Whirling World</a><br /><br /><em>Business Ethics</em><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2010/08/unprincipled-principles.html">Unprincipled Principles</a><br /><br /><em>Death</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2009/12/mysterious-loss-or-something-about-body.html">Mysterious Loss</a><br /><br /><em>Disabilities</em><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/on-being-disabled.html">On Being Disabled</a><br /><br /><em>Driving</em><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/07/right-way-to-make-left-turn.html">The Right Way to Make a Left Turn</a><br /><br /><em>Dying</em><br /><a href="http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/05/18/opinion/doc4bf2a694c6601051671942.txt?viewmode=fullstory">Dying the American Way</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-exit.html">No Exit</a><br /><br /><em>Environmentalism</em><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2008/11/whose-environment-is-it.html">Whose Environment Is It?</a><br /><br /><em>Free Will</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-sink-therefore-im-not.html">I Sink, Therefore I’m Not</a><br /><br /><em>Gay Rights</em><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/sacral-rites-and-civil-rights-modest.html">Sacral Rites and Civil Rights</a><br /><br /><em>God</em><br /><a href="http://professionalpublications.blogspot.com/2008/11/atheism-by-any-other-name.html">Atheism by any other Name</a><br /><br /><em>Hiking</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/01/dont-give-boot-to-backpacks.html">Don't Give the Boot to Backpacks</a><br /><br /><em>Humor</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/01/gerard-hoffnung-biographical-sketch_26.html">Gerard Hoffnung</a><br /><br /><em>Law</em><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/rules-of-game-should-not-be-law-of_22.html">The Rules of the Game</a><br /><br /><em>Logic</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/01/facts-and-forms-or-elementary-my-dear.html">Facts and Forms</a><br /><br /><em>Lying and Deception</em><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/truth-about-lying.html">The Truth about Lying</a><br /><br /><em>Metaphysics</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/01/phifi.html">Teleporter on Trial</a><br /><br /><em>Music</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/01/gerard-hoffnung-biographical-sketch_26.html">Gerard Hoffnung</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2010/05/seany-time.html">Seany Time</a><br /><br /><em>Nature/Nurture</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2010/05/seany-time.html">Seany Time</a><br /><br /><em>Philosophy</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2011/06/science-and-philosophy-vive-la.html">Science and Philosophy: Vive la Différence!</a><br /><br /><em>Professional Ethics</em><br /><a href="http://essaysonanimalethics.blogspot.com/2011/07/veterinarian-heal-thy-profession.html">Veterinarian, Heal Thy Profession</a><br /><br /><em>Science</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2011/06/science-and-philosophy-vive-la.html">Science and Philosophy: Vive la Différence!</a><br /><br /><em>Stargazing</em><br /><a href="http://skyskinny.blogspot.com/2006/01/golden-age-of-astronomy.html">Golden Age of Astronomy</a><br /><br /><em>Television</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2007/11/ubiquitube-television-as-muzak.html#links">Ubiquitube: Television as Muzak</a><br /><br /><em>Time Travel</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2009/12/time-travel-made-easy.html">Time Travel Made Easy</a><br /><br /><em>Veganism</em><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-years-resolution-go-vegan.html">New Year's Resolution</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2007/05/singer-diet.html">The Singer Diet</a><br /><br /><em>Veternary</em><br /><a href="http://essaysonanimalethics.blogspot.com/2011/07/veterinarian-heal-thy-profession.html">Veterinarian, Heal Thy Profession</a><br /><br /><em>Vivisection</em><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/of-humans-and-mice.html">Of Humans and Mice</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/vivisection-and-ethics-cutting-to-quick.html">Vivisection and Ethics</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20405175-113631488742847754?l=moralandothermoments.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18418276248125976522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20405175.post-1136148716059806442006-01-01T15:51:00.025-05:002012-01-19T09:50:18.642-05:00<a href="http://professionalpublications.blogspot.com/2008/01/activism-as-integrity.html">Activism as Integrity</a><br /><a href="http://skyskinny.blogspot.com/2006/01/and-then-there-were-eight_03.html">And Then There Were Eight</a><br /><a href="http://professionalpublications.blogspot.com/2008/11/atheism-by-any-other-name.html">Atheism by any other Name</a><br /><a href="http://skyskinny.blogspot.com/2006/04/apophis.html">Apophis</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2008/05/car-seats-and-absurd.html">Car Seats and the Absurd</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2010/12/kittens-horrid-tale-contains-conundrum.html">Cruelty and Contradiction</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/01/dont-give-boot-to-backpacks.html">Don't Give the Boot to Backpacks</a><br /><a href="http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/05/18/opinion/doc4bf2a694c6601051671942.txt?viewmode=fullstory">Dying the American Way</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/01/facts-and-forms-or-elementary-my-dear.html">Facts and Forms</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/05/geography-of-philosophy.html">Geography of Philosophy</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/01/gerard-hoffnung-biographical-sketch_26.html">Gerard Hoffnung</a><br /><a href="http://skyskinny.blogspot.com/2006/01/golden-age-of-astronomy.html">Golden Age of Astronomy</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-sink-therefore-im-not.html">I Sink, Therefore I’m Not</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2009/12/mysterious-loss-or-something-about-body.html">Mysterious Loss</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-years-resolution-go-vegan.html">New Year's Resolution</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-exit.html">No Exit</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/of-humans-and-mice.html">Of Humans and Mice</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/on-being-disabled.html">On Being Disabled</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalastronomy.blogspot.com/2007/12/our-whirling-world.html">Our Whirling World</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/sacral-rites-and-civil-rights-modest.html">Sacral Rites and Civil Rights</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2011/06/science-and-philosophy-vive-la.html">Science and Philosophy: Vive la Différence!</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2010/05/seany-time.html">Seany Time</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2006/01/phifi.html">Teleporter on Trial</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/07/right-way-to-make-left-turn.html">The Right Way to Make a Left Turn</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/rules-of-game-should-not-be-law-of_22.html">The Rules of the Game</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2007/05/singer-diet.html">The Singer Diet</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2006/01/truth-about-lying.html">The Truth about Lying</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2009/12/time-travel-made-easy.html">Time Travel Made Easy</a><br /><a href="http://philosophicalpotpourri.blogspot.com/2007/11/ubiquitube-television-as-muzak.html">Ubiquitube: Television as Muzak</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2008/11/turning-tables-we-matter-because-we-are.html">Turning the Tables</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2010/08/unprincipled-principles.html">Unprincipled Principles</a><br /><a href="http://essaysonanimalethics.blogspot.com/2011/07/veterinarian-heal-thy-profession.html">Veterinarian, Heal Thy Profession</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/vivisection-and-ethics-cutting-to-quick.html">Vivisection and Ethics</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2008/11/whose-environment-is-it.html">Whose Environment Is It?</a><br /><a href="http://ethicsessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/you-always-hurt-one-you-love.html">You Always Hurt the One You Love</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20405175-113614871605980644?l=moralandothermoments.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18418276248125976522noreply@blogger.com