Mark Mercer, Department of Philosophy, Saint Mary’s University
Some jerk on the bus decides to entertain the crowd by rapping vulgarities at the top of his voice—and the passengers have to alert the driver? Didn’t the driver notice? And why did the passengers have to speak to the guy? Shouldn’t the driver have taken charge [...]
Mark Mercer
Department of Philosophy
Saint Mary’s University
mark.mercer@smu.ca
At 8:20 pm Tuesday 2 April, just nine hours after it was erected, the free speech wall on display at Queen’s University was removed by university security guards. The guards were acting on orders from Arig Girgrah, the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs [...]
Mark Mercer
Department of Philosophy
Saint Mary’s University
mark.mercer@smu.ca
That the fetus you are carrying is female is certainly a terrible reason to have an abortion—but, good or bad, your reason is none of the government’s business. It’s simply not the place of our federal Parliament to voice an opinion on the [...]
Tom Flanagan had no reason to apologize
Mark Mercer
Department of Philosophy
Saint Mary’s University
mark.mercer@smu.ca
The current furor over remarks made by University of Calgary professor Tom Flanagan reminds us again how very important academic freedom is to the life of our nation. Unfortunately, it also reminds us how shallow the [...]
CCEPA Workshop: January 14th, 2013.
CCEPA Research Fellow Dr. David Stuewe’ s Case-Study development, examining the “Ethical Use of the Commons”, brought together a variety of political, business, academic, and community members to explore the events involved in what is now commonly known in Halifax as the “Halifax Common concert [...]
What does diversity mean?
How do we live our practical, everyday lives, if we want to live together, side-by-side, in a community that believes in diversity?
Not every-one believes in diversity. Some people are quite hostile to the idea. Many people like their communities to be homogenous, conformist, and of that Canadian social model commonly [...]
