PHIL 3345. Supporting the philosophical study of bioethics, bio-medical ethics, biotechnology, and the future of life, at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond... "Keep your health, your splendid health. It is better than all the truths under the firmament." William James
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Friday, May 15, 2020
Monday, May 11, 2020
Cartoon: News from the Coronaverse
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/11/1943860/-Cartoon-News-from-the-Coronaverse
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
The Political Consequences of Loneliness and Isolation During the Pandemic
When we should be thinking about the way we support one another's lives and questioning the very assumption that there is a giant monolith called the economy that requires our commitment and our resources more than public health and individual well-being do, we are pouring unimaginable monetary and intellectual resources into trying to buy and sacrifice our way to the economic status quo ante. When it should be clearer than ever that we are only as well as our sickest member, we are allowing health care to continue to function as a business, with minimal intervention.
"When it should be clearer than ever that we are only as well as our sickest member, we are allowing health care to continue to function as a business, with minimal intervention." Chains are no stronger than their weakest links. https://t.co/Iq9mESRaG0 via @NewYorker— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) May 6, 2020
For 19 cents p/$1 more in taxes Danes get free health care & education, low poverty, homelessness, crime , inequality. They live two years longer than Americans. And they're the happiest people in the world. https://t.co/TBI1jr70J5— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) May 8, 2020
Sunday, May 3, 2020
NYTimes.com: A Young Doctor, Fighting for His Life
From The New York Times: A Young Doctor, Fighting for His Life “I just went down on my knees,” his mother recalled later. “I just implored God for mercy.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/opinion/sunday/young-doctor-coronavirus.html?smid=em-share