April Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine Is Out!
The April, 2023 Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine is out!
Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues!
Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your “purpose.” It’s time to go deep in search of truth!
Sign up today on the website to get your copy today! You can also get our magazine through our partners starting on the 10th, via Zinio, Readly, Exact Editions, Amazon and everywhere eBooks are sold. Or, if libraries are your thing, you can also read us through your library via the Overdrive and Libby apps for free! Also available for purchase through your local bookstore. (ISBN: 9798215809662)
Story Summary
Thorn: A local builder comes across an upstart carpenter in a neighboring village that he believes threatens his business.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Reincarnation: A gay couple, and a trans couple, get together for drinks and try to figure out what it means to be a man/woman.
The House of God: A mother takes her sick child to church, and is forced to answer her son's questions about omnipotence.
Visions of Midwives: A midwife in training learns the midwife secret, that at the moment of birth each midwife is able to see the future of the newly born child.
Playing God: Jack is abducted by the Zoomarians who ask him to play God, and fix the moral failings of humanity.
And Joy Shall Overtake Us As A Flood: An elderly man goes back in time to speak to his childhood self and, just maybe, change his future.
Boomchee: A law student sets her coworker up on a date, only to find out the guy has a mail order secret.
Primary Question In Each Story
Thorn: How does our own perspective limit our ability to understand the different others, and what can we do to minimize our own bias?
What We Talk About When We Talk About Reincarnation: What does it mean “be a man” or “be a woman” when biology is changeable?
The House of God: What do you tell a sick child dealing with the Epicurean “problem of evil?”
Visions of Midwives: Should a baby being born into exceptional suffering be terminated so as to prevent its suffering?
Playing God: If you have the ability to try and improve humanity by playing God, would you do it?
And Joy Shall Overtake Us As A Flood: What would you tell your younger self?
Boomchee: Does it matter how you meet the person that makes you happy?
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After Dinner Conversation Magazine - April 2023 - Cover by Shawn Winchester.
