The Urban Legend

To exempt or not to exempt: vaccines and student health

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Managing Editor • April 26, 2022

Classical utilitarian ethics—an ethical theory—dictates that the well-being of everyone is weighed equally in the pursuit of a morally-good life. Rapid developments in modern medicine and the raging...

Opinion: ‘Tis the season to eat meat, but consider the morality of mammal munching

Marney Kline, Staff Writer • December 14, 2011

“My relationship to meat? I eat it,” said Jordan Clark (’12). As Jordan shares her simple and straightforward attitude towards meat-eating, both she and I are put at ease. This statement presents nothing...

“All Things Shining” sheds new light on living a meaningful life

Cassiel Chadwick • April 3, 2011

Gods? They’re dead. All those nice things that came with them – immortality of the soul, eternal bliss, lifelong meaning? They’re dead too. Right and wrong, unshakable truths? Dead! These are...

BP oil spill inspires discussion on environmental ethics

Cassiel Chadwick, staff writer • April 20, 2010

Dear Urban Philosopher: I’ve been watching the news coverage of the British Petroleum oil spill, and I’m horrified by the sheer weight of this catastrophe. I’ve heard rumblings that the United...