Culture is a strange animal. In fact, it's odd that we have a word at all for such a diverse set of information, norms, institutions, art, knowledge and behaviours. Anything passed down from parent to child could be culture, and really all human knowledge that is commonly held could properly be called "culture ( Read more... )

Suppose you have a country that cares about the level of education the worst off member of society gets. Through programs, vouchers, etc. they manage to increase the level of education from X to Y. Y is a good level. You can get a job with Y, get into college, etc. Now, should the government allow rich people to spend their own money to ( Read more... )