Joseph England's Articles
Education & Parenting, Politics & Rights, Science & Technology
Vaccine Facts, Falsehoods, and Best Policies
Discusses the science of vaccinations and offers a prescription regarding whether vaccines should be mandatory for students attending government schools.
Politics & Rights
Circumcision in America
Joseph England February 20, 2015
“Circumcision in America” traces the history of and rationales for nontherapeutic circumcision, sheds medical and ethical light on the widespread practice, and argues that Americans should take a principled stand against it.
Politics & Rights
Contra Joseph Levine, Israel is a Legitimate State (the Only One in the Region)
Joseph England March 14, 2013
In his recent New York Times article "On Questioning the Jewish State," University of Massachusetts philosophy professor Joseph Levine attempts to make the case that we should question whether Israel has a right to exist. Levine’s main argument is that only certain kinds of groups of people have the right…