Stephen Paul Foster

Stephen Paul Foster, is a philosopher and the Head Librarian at Wright State University. His book Desolation’s March: the Rise of Personalism and the Reign of Amusement in 21st Century America (Academica Press, 2003) undertakes a critique of American decadence and moral squalor. He blogs at http://fosterspeak.blogspot.com

Medicating Morality in Norway

I suspect that Norwegians regard themselves as exceptionally decent and highly civilized. Like the rest of Western Europeans, they eschew the death penalty and cast a horrified glance at unruly places such as Texas and Florida, where killers still have to consider the possibility of facing a ...