Monthly Archives: July, 2025

The Ethics of Artificial Intimacy: Why Philosophy Must Enter the Chat

Headlines like “Man Proposed to His AI Girlfriend” and “She’s In Love With ChatGPT” reflect a cultural moment where romantic relationships with artificial intelligence are no longer...

Do Soulless Abominations Walk Among Us?  Or Are They Us?

I would like to suggest that they are, sometimes, but not always, us. Sometimes, people speak without thought. This is something that can happen to...

Second Shock: A Clinical Reading of Frantz Fanon’s Tabula Rasa

Frantz Fanon’s work has primarily been received through the lens of his political writings and the political aspects of his work. His psychiatric writings...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Moral Circle

Jeff Sebo is associate professor of environmental studies; affiliated professor of bioethics, medical ethics, philosophy, and law; director of the Center for Environmental and Animal...

APA Member Interview: Jonah Branding

Jonah Branding is a Dual PhD Candidate in Philosophy and Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (EEB) at Michigan State University, specializing in the history and...

Sensing the Planet with Kids Books and Climate Music

How can Earth system science reach us personally? A composer and science communicator, Judy Twedt has some ideas.

White Privilege and Antisemitism in James Gray’s Armageddon Time

In “Shannon Sullivan’s White Privilege and Antisemitism in James Gray’s Armageddon Time,” I delve into Shannon Sullivan's concept of white privilege as it manifests...

Teaching Medical Humanities as a Woman Philosopher: Notes from the Classroom

When I accepted a postdoctoral fellowship in Medical Humanities at the University of Texas at San Antonio, I was equal parts thrilled and uncertain....

Roe v Road: Freedom of Movement and the Future of Automated Travel

In February 2025, Adriana Smith, who was about nine weeks pregnant at the time, was declared brain dead by doctors. However, the state of...

2020 Central Division Dewey Lecture: How I Am an Aristotelian

Below is the audio recording of Richard Kraut’s John Dewey Lecture, “How I Am an Aristotelian,” given at the 2020 Central Division Meeting. The...

APA Member Interview, Kjell Fostervold

Kjell Fostervold is a PhD candidate at Indiana University, Bloomington. His work focuses on meaning in life, especially on the structure of meaningful lives,...

Can Legal Obligations Arise From Mere Social Facts?

What makes norms like paying taxes, wearing a seat-belt, or being forbidden from committing murder legally valid, obligatory, or binding? On one hand, natural...

Engineers, Expertise, and Organizations: The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster

A central component of my Engineering Ethics course, which you can read more about in the Blog of the APA’s Syllabus Showcase series, is...

Authenticity as Resistance in Academic Spaces

Before starting my Ph.D. at the University of Cincinnati, I found myself in a unique position: I had never studied philosophy in a setting...

Main Character Syndrome, or Why Everything Is Not About You

A TikToker and her followers physically push aside an older couple inconveniently in her way, claiming that they are “ruining” her selfies—and then post...