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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.

• THE HODES/RODYCH DEBATE

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 15, 2023 • ( 0 )

  This entry will make no sense unless first you read these: Hodes, C. (2023). A Settler Colonialism Induced Feminist Snap: A case study in IRS denialism and institutional violence in Canada. Feminist Asylum: A Journal of Critical Interventions, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.5195/faci.2023.107 , https://feministasylum.pitt.edu/faci/article/view/107,… Read More ›

• NOTES ON THE EFFECTS OF WOKEISM ON THE ACADEMY

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 18, 2023 • ( 7 )

  I’ve been asked to serve sometime next month on a panel discussion on the effects of wokeism on the academy. In no particular order of importance, here’s what I’m likely to say: One element of wokeism is (what Jonathan Haidt… Read More ›

• GASLIGHTING

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 17, 2023 • ( 2 )

  Killing means to end a life of, well, pretty much anything. Murder means to wrongfully end the life, but presumably only of another human being. To discriminate means to ascertain a difference and act accordingly. So, for example, she has… Read More ›

• REVISIONIST APOLOGETICS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  If you’re ever in court, and you want to inject a little humour into the proceedings, try speaking into your flip phone, “Beam me up, Scotty!” But if instead you think a little honesty might help your case, try “You… Read More ›

• FLY SOUP

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 11, 2023 • ( 1 )

  Man dining in a high-end French restaurant. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup.” “Mais non, Monsieur, zis iz vly zoup!” Why does it matter? Because if it’s a fly in my soup I’m entitled to an apology and dinner… Read More ›

• A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON PERSPECTIVES

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 4, 2023 • ( 0 )

  In the rest of the world … Stop right there. When I talk about “the rest of the world”, what I mean – as would any white supremacist European settler colonialist – are places other than Western Europe, North America… Read More ›

• WHY I DON’T GIVE INTERVIEWS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 4, 2023 • ( 2 )

  Last week the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, on my behalf and that of two other complainants, filed a Charter challenge against the University of Lethbridge for cancelling a talk I had organised by Frances Widdowson on the effects of… Read More ›

• ONE TIN SOLDIER

  By paulosophicalvimplications on July 26, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Man steps into a crowded hotel elevator. “What floor?” asks the woman closest to the buttons. “Ladies lingerie,” he answers. Everyone laughs. She doesn’t. She’s from Women’s Studies, so of course she files a sexual harassment complaint against him. It’s… Read More ›

• HOMO HUMOROSO

  By paulosophicalvimplications on July 25, 2023 • ( 2 )

  The recent spate of public Quran burnings, first in Sweden and now in Denmark, and Moslem countries calling in their ambassadors – as if these demonstrations were state-sponsored – goes to the very core of the freedom of expression debate,… Read More ›

• HOW TO SURVIVE THIS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on July 24, 2023 • ( 0 )

  If you’re called out for a micro-aggression, call out the micro-aggression of being called out for a micro-aggression. If it’s then argued that the subaltern can’t micro-aggress, nod your head in full agreement and then point to yourself as the… Read More ›