About This Site

This site contains samples of the hundreds of newspaper op-eds, magazine columns, journal articles, book chapters, and other essays I have written over the years. I will keep uploading old and new ones.

(For a complete list of my essays and books, click here.)

Thanks and enjoy -- Joel Marks

INDEX to Essays

Absurdity of Life
Car Seats and the Absurd

Activism
Activism as Integrity

Animal Ethics
Activism as Integrity
Cruelty and Contradiction
New Year's Resolution
Of Humans and Mice
The Singer Diet
Turning the Tables
Veterinarian, Heal Thy Profession
Vivisection and Ethics
Whose Environment Is It?
Witnessing "The Witness"
You Always Hurt the One You Love

Asian Philosophies
The Geography of Philosophy

Astronomy
A Comet with Our Name on It?
And Then There Were Eight
Apophis
Golden Age of Astronomy
Heaven Can Wait, But We Shouldn't
Our Whirling World

Business Ethics
Unprincipled Principles

Consciousness
A Funny Thing about Consciousness

Death
Mysterious Loss
The Sleeper Wakes

Disabilities
On Being Disabled

Driving
The Right Way to Make a Left Turn

Dying
Dying the American Way
No Exit

Emotion
Desire -- Thirty Years Later

Environmentalism
Whose Environment Is It?

Free Will
I Sink, Therefore I’m Not

Gay Rights
Sacral Rites and Civil Rights

God
Atheism by any other Name

Hiking
Don't Give the Boot to Backpacks

Humor
Gerard Hoffnung

Language
The Discovery of the Opponym

Law
The Rules of the Game

Logic
Facts and Forms

Lying and Deception
The Truth about Lying

Meditation
Stop Think

Metaphysics
Teleporter on Trial

Music
Gerard Hoffnung
Seany Time

Nature/Nurture
Seany Time

Personal Identity
The Sleeper Wakes

Philosophy
"A" Is for "Assumption"
Science and Philosophy: Vive la Différence!

Professional Ethics
Veterinarian, Heal Thy Profession

Science
Science and Philosophy: Vive la Différence!

Stargazing
Golden Age of Astronomy

Television
Ubiquitube: Television as Muzak

Time Travel
Time Travel Made Easy

Veganism
New Year's Resolution
The Singer Diet

Veterinary Medicine
Veterinarian, Heal Thy Profession

Vivisection
Of Humans and Mice
Vivisection and Ethics

LINKS to Essays by Title

A Comet with Our Name on It?
Activism as Integrity
A Funny Thing about Consciousness
"A" Is for "Assumption"
And Then There Were Eight
Apophis
Atheism by Any Other Name
Car Seats and the Absurd
Cruelty and Contradiction
Desire -- Thirty Years Later
Don't Give the Boot to Backpacks
Dying the American Way
Facts and Forms
Geography of Philosophy
Gerard Hoffnung
Golden Age of Astronomy
Heaven Can Wait, But We Shouldn't
I Sink, Therefore I’m Not
Mysterious Loss
New Year's Resolution
No Exit
Of Humans and Mice
On Being Disabled
Our Whirling World
Sacral Rites and Civil Rights
Science and Philosophy: Vive la Différence!
Seany Time
Stop Think
Teleporter on Trial
The Discovery of the Opponym
The Right Way to Make a Left Turn
The Rules of the Game
The Singer Diet
The Sleeper Wakes
The Truth about Lying
Time Travel Made Easy
Ubiquitube: Television as Muzak
Turning the Tables
Unprincipled Principles
Veterinarian, Heal Thy Profession
Vivisection and Ethics
Whose Environment Is It?
Witnessing "The Witness"
You Always Hurt the One You Love