A Date With Socrates

The philosophy of dating.

Kristie L Miller PhD

Why Don't We Care About Our Past Selves?

Should you care more about your future self than your past self?

Are Dogs the New Best Social Secretary?

Trying to build new social connections? A dog might be the answer.

Do Dogs Forgive and If So, Why?

Doggy forgiveness: real or not?

Being Kind to Your Future Self

Tips for making good decisions, including having a negotiation with your future self.

What Is Forgiveness?

Can we forgive the dead?

Can Dogs Tell Time?

Does your dog know how long it has been since the last time they walked? Probably.

Thank Goodness That's Over: Preferring Our Pains to Be Past

Should we care where in time our pains and pleasures are located?

Why We Favor Tomorrow and Not Yesterday

Should you prefer that you have your tasty cake tomorrow, and not yesterday?

What Do You Think Time Is Like?

What picture of time are you working with?

We Feel Time Pass, Or Do We?

Does it seem to you as though the future is coming towards you? Recent research suggests it doesn't.

No Time to Plan

When someone says that they have no time to plan, we assume they have a busy schedule and cannot spare a moment to sit down and plan for the future. Obviously, that’s a bad thing. But here’s a startling claim: none of us have any time to plan, because it turns out that there is no time.

Food, Fads and Fish: Eating Nemo

Here’s something I hear a lot when dietary restrictions are discussed prior to ordering food at a restaurant “I’m vegetarian, but I eat fish”. This is an interesting claim that bears further reflection.

Time and Change

Is time washing over you?

The Right, the Wrong and the Disgusting

Disgusting, therefore wrong?

Being Obnoxious: Apologies in Advance

Can you apologize before you do the deed?

For Art’s Sake: The Ethics of the Tattooed Pig

Killing Grandpa: How to Make Decisions in the Past

Our 'personal' nature

Chatting with your younger self

The totalitarian “I”

Licensing changes to our future selves

The Psychology of a Time Traveller (I)

Making decisions in the past

Ethics in the corporate world

 WikiLeaks and the Payment Processors  

What’s the link between eugenics and euthanasia?

How do we get from euthanasia to eugenics?

How to tarnish a view

A good death: On the curious status of arguments in the debate about euthanasia

Voluntary smoking but not voluntary euthanasia? 

On Free Choice and our Future Selves (Part 2)

Bad Choices: Are you rolling the dice on your future self?

On free choices and our future selves

Are you tying up the future you?