Substack of Nathan Nobis.
Nathan Nobis's Substack. Select thoughts on philosophy, ethics, critical thinking, better writing, and better engagement. Editor at 1000-Word Philosophy; co-author of Thinking Critically About Abortion; author of Animals & Ethics 101, etc. NathanNobis.com
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Video of “What I Told My Students on the First Day of the Semester” by Justin Kalef (opens the original)
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I had this super cool video created that tells the story of this article “What I Told My Students on the First Day of the Semester” by Justin Kalef:
The College Success Rulebook: Practical Advice for College and Beyond (opens the original)
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I wrote a short book for college students. Instructors often expect students to know how to be successful college students, even though many of those expectations have never been explicitly explained to them.So I wrote a short book about them: The College Success Rulebook: Practical Advice for College and Beyond.It offers 25 practical rules about going to class, reading and writing effectively, managing time, studying, communicating with professors, using AI wisely, responding to feedback, askin
Parental obligations and "paper abortions" (opens the original)
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Someone emailed me this question about parental obligations (and, although he didn’t use these words, the concept of “paper abortions”) and I responded.“Hi Prof. Nobis,I have a question that I would be grateful to see your insight on!I came across this issue online where my friend and I have a pretty strong disagreement about. It’s about a case where a woman lies about taking birth control without the father’s knowledge and gives birth to the child. The father then states to the mother that he i
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