Modern-Day Saints: Trigun and The Brothers Karamazov
In its focus on the essence of moral behavior, Trigun has startling parallels to Dostoevsky’s novel, The Brothers Karamazov.
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Ethics on Overthinking It
A Few Good Starfleet Officers
“You want me on that wall. You NEED me on that wall.” Must a civilized society use uncivilized means to protect itself?
Massive Multiplayer Original Position: John Rawl-zi and Video Game Justice
What can John Rawls’ “veil of ignorance” tell us about justice within video games—and outside of them?
Informed Consent at Downton Abbey [Think Tank]
Did Lord Grantham choose rationally between conflicting advice from his doctors? Spoilers for Downton Abbey.
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The Bioethics of The Clone Wars
If Yoda says it’s okay, how unethical can it be?
The Neuroscience of Consciousness in Battlestar: Galactica
Part Two in a continuing series, digging into BSG’s notions of consciousness.
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Episode 122: Pancakes and Politics
The Overthinkers tackle the deeper meanings of the Saw franchise and the Rally to Restore Sanity.
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Why I Left Facebook
Maybe I’ll go back to Friendster.
Dick Wolf’s Abject Theory of Justice
Law & Order isn’t about the crime. It’s about the punishment.
Episode 8: Glee: Implications for Behavioral Economics
Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink Glee and Gossip Girl, with detours into the narratology of farce, middlebrow thinking, irrationality and behavorial economics, consequentialism, and intertextuality.
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