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I'm a philosophy professor at the University of Lethbridge in Southern Alberta, Canada. I specialize in philosophy of war, game theory, contractarianism, and theodicy (the Problem of Evil). I am bald, fat, and ugly, but my wife loves me, so I don't care.

• Guest Post. EDI Concepts: Unconscious/Implicit Bias (Updated Aug 25, 2023)

  By paulosophicalvimplications on March 7, 2022 • ( 3 )

  This post is an annotated bibliography. But rather than list citations in alphabetical order, I’ve organised them under subheadings comprised of research questions. As such, I provide a possible framework for a research project. An alphabetised non-annotated bibliography corresponding to… Read More ›

• Addendum to Pamela Lindsay’s Bibliography on Implicit Bias

  By paulosophicalvimplications on March 6, 2022 • ( 3 )

  The following is an addendum to my Guest Post, “Bibliography: Implicit Bias.” It’s designed to serve as a segue to my next bibliography, on EDI and research excellence, to be released tomorrow, March 7, 2022. Here, find three considerations concerning… Read More ›

• NO FREE LUNCH (Russia/Ukraine)

  By paulosophicalvimplications on March 1, 2022 • ( 5 )

  Since I specialize in the Philosophy of War, I suppose I’m expected to say something, however banal, about recent events in Eastern Europe. So here is that banal something.  Ethnic and political borders seldom coincide. So there’s a longstanding tradition… Read More ›

• The Myth of Civilian Immunity — Why There ‘Could’ Be No Such Law —

  By paulosophicalvimplications on February 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Abstract. Busting the myth of civilian immunity has long since been standard, albeit unpalatable, philosophical fare. But such myth-busting has invariably appealed to either a) Hobbes’ argument for the incoherence of the very idea of international law, or else b)… Read More ›

• IMPLICIT BIAS TESTING

  By paulosophicalvimplications on February 22, 2022 • ( 2 )

  I’d like to complain about my research assistant. A research assistant is supposed to look into things I need to know about, so that I can write about them without having to just bullshit. Instead, she researches whatever she wants… Read More ›

• Guest Post. Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Why would I lie on my mandatory diversity pledge?

  By paulosophicalvimplications on February 11, 2022 • ( 6 )

  Universities Canada principles on equity, diversity and inclusion, October 26, 2017 “Universities Canada make an explicit public commitment to seven principles [on equity, diversity, and inclusion],” available here. (accessed 11 February 2022) “A Guide to Preparing Your Diversity Statement,” Algonquin… Read More ›

• THE STRIKE AT THE SALT MINE

  By paulosophicalvimplications on February 10, 2022 • ( 3 )

  The salt mine where I work, a.k.a. the University of Lethbridge, is on strike as of 11 AM this morning, Thursday, February 10th. Because there’s never been a strike since the university was founded, we have a strike fund that… Read More ›

• SITE UPDATE

  By paulosophicalvimplications on February 9, 2022 • ( 0 )

  My research assistant, bless her cotton socks, has been adding some of my published and unpublished papers to this site. She’s also created a new category on the home page for some of my unpublished more technical papers. These are… Read More ›

• HOW THE ‘LIKE-ALIKE’ AXIOM REALLY PLAYS OUT IN MORAL AND POLITICAL JUDGMENT

  By paulosophicalvimplications on February 9, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Abstract This paper reads like – because it is – a meditation. Its ‘moments’ are these: That like cases are to be treated alike seems to be the core axiom behind all our moral and political reasoning. And yet this… Read More ›

• A PROOF THAT EGALITARIANISM IS EITHER FALSE OR BANAL

  By paulosophicalvimplications on February 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Abstract  In this paper I argue that the only equality that need be postulated between agents qua heading into a theory of normative ethics and/or politics is that the agents in question be equally involved in interactivity in which there’s… Read More ›