That’s the point of the class, is it not? How to confront being heated

 ‘Dragons!’ said the Ordinary Princess. ‘I’ll give them dragons. So they think they can push me off on to any silly prince who kills a dragon, do they!’ And she stamped her foot and stuck out her tongue at the palace walls just to relieve her feelings. ‘Well, you just wait and see!’ she said.”

~ M. M. Kaye

Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years Live Science

– Book Review – Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government – The 2024 election results have prompted discussion about the effectiveness of “guardrails” that might restrain Presidential activities that could harm the nation. Jerry Lawson’s review notes that Glenn Fine’s new book, Watchdogs: 

Inspectors General and the Battle of Honest and Accountable Government is a timely and welcome contribution to the national debate. Fine has had considerable experience with Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs), one of the key institutions that serve as limits to corrupt or overreaching Executive Branch actions.

1. “Welcome to the war criminals club” — David Enoch (Oxford/Hebrew U.) with a thought experiment to help Israeli soldiers see what they are doing (via Christa Peterson)
2. Immigration rap battle — well-done video of economists rap-debating immigration, economics, crime, and culture
3. “I’m aware that there are limits to things that I am prepared to do in order to produce the greatest good” — Peter Singer is interviewed at the New York Times
4. “Give some thought to what sort of life you would like to have; and once you have some pretty clear ideas about that, think about how your time as a student can help you get to where you want to be” — Alfred Mele (FSU) reflects on his experiences at “#first-gen philosophers”
5. “We need more precise empirical frameworks” for detecting conscious AI and “more precise normative frameworks” for interacting with it — a team of philosophers and others urge that AI companies should be “taking AI welfare seriously”
6. “That’s the point of the class, is it not? How to confront being heated?” — Harry Brighouse (Wisconsin) is interviewed about the ubiquitous Contemporary Moral Issues course
7. Whether “knowingly, unconsciously or even unwillingly,” Rousseau seems to have taken, without credit, ideas from Madame Louise Dupin — Rebecca Wilkin (Pacific Lutheran) tells the story