Yearly Archives: 2022

2022
Public Philosophy

Everyday Moral Stress and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alida Liberman -
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in March 2020, I ordered Chinese take-out via a delivery app. I...
APA

Results of the Recent APA Elections

APA Communications -
Over the last few months, members of the APA elected new divisional officers, a new member-at-large of the APA board of officers, two new...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Philipa Friedman

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Philipa (Pippa) Friedman (she/her) works in social and political philosophy, particularly political epistemology and democratic theory. She earned her PhD in December 2021 and...
Research

The Mencian Creature: A Distinctive Moral Psychology

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
What do people think and feel when they make important moral decisions? How do the mind and the brain draw moral judgments? Moral psychology...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Roe, Abortion, and the Right to Ourselves

Adriel M. Trott -
When I joined a protest the day after the leak of Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe, rage overwhelmed me. My rage was not...
Graduate Student Reflection

Graduate Student Reflection Series: On Being A Luddite

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
I was born into a world of burgeoning technology, but I don’t particularly enjoy using it. So when I began teaching, it felt natural...
Public Philosophy

Free Speech is Necessary to Combat the “Administrative State”

APA Blog -
Many people, especially on the "progressive" side of politics, seem in recent years to have given up on a combination of views about free...
Public Philosophy

How Work Alienates Us From Our Social Lives

Ashley Bohrer -
What does your usual weekday look like? For many of us, academics and non-academics alike, it probably looks something like this. You wake up...
Starting Out in Philosophy

How Not to Be Alienated from Your Own Life

Katherine Cassese -
Katherine talks to Zena Hitz about withdrawal, escaping social competition, and learning for its own sake.
Recently Published Book Spotlight

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Radical Democracy and Populism: A Thin Red Line?

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Leonardo Fiorespino currently teaches ethics at the University of New York in Prague (UNYP). His research focuses on contemporary democratic theory, populism, and normativity...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Paulina Ezquerra

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Paulina Ezquerra is an MA Student at the University of Houston. She likes to think about ethics generally, with a particular interest in questions...
Research

Philosophizing Contemplation: Towards a (Re)new(ed) Contemplative Philosophy

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
In this brief reflection, perhaps visionary statement, I want to take some intellectual risks (already long underway), in hopes of advancing what might be...
APA

Philosopher Melissa Jacquart Awarded a Whiting Programs Fellowship

APA Communications -
The Whiting Foundation has just announced that they will be awarding six $50,000 Fellowships and five $10,000 Seed Grants to a vibrant cross-section of...
Public Philosophy

The Ambivalence of Resilience

Ashley Bohrer -
This essay is dedicated to Peter Emmanuel Mara and Eds Abadam-Mara, my dear friends. Sending you love and strength. There is something discomfiting about referring...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Martina Favaretto

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Martina Favaretto is a PhD candidate at Indiana University Bloomington. She works on ethics and history of philosophy, with a special focus on Kantian...