Peg Tittle  

books

Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason (Routledge, forthcoming)

What If?... Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy (Longman, 2005)

"You want a mental challenge? Put down your Soduku and pick up What If?... [read more] " anonymous

"the most valuable instructional tool I have ever used in my philosophy classes. [read more] Ron Cooper, Ph.D., author of the satirical novel Hume's Fork

"...not only a good reference for finding famous thought experiments... also a nice way to get a taste of a variety of periods and ideas. [read more]"- J. Robbins   www.amazon.com

It's terrific! - Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, NYU
 

"... a really neat little book ... would probably work much better than the standard anthology of readings...[read more] - Nathan Nobis, Morehouse College
 

"...it makes an introduction to philosophy an invitation to thought itself...[read more] - Daniel Fernandez, New School for Social Research, APA Newsletter Teaching Philosophy

Should Parents Be Licensed? Debating the Issues (Prometheus, 2004)

"Reading about parents who entomb their babies in cement or who abandon their children as a matter of course makes me think that Peg Tittle is on to something. ... [read more]" - Denise-Marie Santiago, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
 

"...a lot of interesting essays you won't easily find elsewhere ... very controversial and touchy subject ... offers interesting perspectives that should be considered... [read more] - Austin Cline, atheism.about.com
 

"You need a license to drive a car, own a gun, or fish for trout. You don't need a licence to raise a child. ... [read more] - Ian Gillespie, The London Free Press 

Ethical Issues in Business: Inquiries, Cases, and Readings (Broadview, 2000)

"The core of this text comprises chapters on all the key issues of business in Canada today. ... comprehensive and useable course text particularly helpful for Canadian students. [read more]" - Society for Business Ethics Newsletter

"...a comprehensive package of articles, cases, and background discussion that provides an outstanding introduction to the subject...[read more]" - Paul Viminitz, University of Lethbridge

"...the issues raised apply universally... a superb introduction to ethics in business. [read more]" - Steve Deery, The Philosophers' Magazine 

"...an extraordinarily useful book that teaches people to question and analyze key concepts. ... Tittle challenges Canada's future business leaders to justify profit on ethical grounds... This book should be required reading... [read more]" - Ellen Roseman, The Toronto Star

Philosophy: Questions and Theories  - contributing author (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2003)

screenplays

• Exile (full-length drama) Finalist, Write Movies; Quarterfinalist, FadeIn LJ lives in a U . S. of A., with a new Three Strikes Law: first crime, rehab; second crime, prison; third crime, you're simply kicked out - permanently exiled to a designated remote area, to fend for yourself without the benefits of society.  At least he used to live in that new U. S. of A.  He's just committed his third crime.
  

• What Happened to Tom (full-length drama) Semifinalist, Moondance
This guy wakes up to find his body's been hijacked and turned into a human kidney dialysis machine - for nine months.

• Aiding the Enemy (short drama 15min)

  When Private Ann Jones faces execution for "aiding the enemy," she points to American weapons manufacturers who sell to whatever country is in the market. 

• Balls (short mockumentary 10min)
 A hilarious mockumentary about men playing with balls

• Here Comes the Bride (short art film 5min)
You'll never get married again.

• The Missing Link (short comedy 3-5min)
Two women and an alien enter a bar...

• Foreseeable (short drama 5-7min)
An awful choice in a time of war. Who's really to blame?

• Take Care of Your Mom While I'm Gone (short art film 3-5min)
She's an adult. She needs a ten-year-old to take care of her?

• Crime of Passion (short drama 3-5min)
The perfect solution to crimes of "passion"

• My Life in Danger (short drama 3-5min)
When does attempted rape warrant self-defence of deadly force?

• Size Matters (short art film 3-5min)
What if women were the taller sex? Ask any short man.

• I am Eve (10min)
An examination exposing the irrationality and injustice of Eve’s role in Judaeo-Christianity.

• If Then (5-10 min)
The end of our lives as we know them.  Can’t say we didn't see it coming.

• Night Moves (5 min)
A one-night stand turns into something much, much more.

• Are We Having Fun Yet?  (30 sec)
Anti-violence-on-tv public television spot.

• Willy the Wasteland (60 sec)
Comment on dull youth via spoof of plea for aid commercial.

• Home for the Holidays (5-10 min)
A Christmas reality show.

• What is Wrong with this Picture? (5-10 min)
Nothing.  There’s no reason women can’t be the superordinates and men the subordinates.  But life’s not like that (yet).

• The Mr. America Beauty Pageant (5-10 min)
A spoof of the Miss America Pageant.

• Minding Our Own Business (20 min)

  A collection of skits (including “The Price is Not Quite Right,” “Singin’ in the (Acid) Rain,” “Adverse Reactions,” “The Band-Aid Solution,” and “See Jane. See Dick.”) with a not-so-subtle environmental message.
  

• Rot in Hell (short drama 5-7min)
A soapbox zealot and an atheist face off...

articles

• "The Inconsistency of Not Licensing Parents"

• "Assisted Suicide and Unassisted Suicide: What's the Difference?"

• "The Verbal and the Implicit: Forms of Violence?"

• "Legislating Prenatal Care"

• "A Humanist View of Animal Rights" New Humanist September 99; The New Zealand Rationalist and Humanist Winter 98; Humanist in Canada Winter 97

• "Permitting Abortion and Prohibiting Prenatal Harm: Reconciling the Contradiction" presented at the Bioethics and Medical Ethics Section at the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy (August 1998)

• "Rational Bases of Identity: Toward Cultural Anarchy" Humanist in Canada Autumn 96

• "Identity Politics as a Transposition of Fraser's 'Needs Politics'" The International Journal of Applied Philosophy Summer/Fall 1996 

• "Sexual Activity, Consent, Mistaken Belief, and Mens Rea" Philosophy in the Contemporary World 3.1 Spring 96

• "Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia: Issues of Consent" Humanist in Canada Spring 96