Monthly Archives: July, 2026

Should You Boycott the World Cup?

How should we think about sporting events hosted by nations who have routinely engaged in gross human rights violations? Take the case of a...

APA Member Interview, David Anthony Hurst Jr.

David Anthony Hurst Jr. is a graduate student at the University of Guelph with an aspiration of pursuing further education in the field of...

Democratized Speech and the Spread of Social Ills

How the architecture of online platforms turns ordinary disagreement into something more contagious—and why the virus metaphor only gets us halfway there. Almost everything we...

Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Nepotism, Networking, and Structural Injustice

“Network, network, network” is the advice given to many job-seekers and for good reason. It is thought, for example, that over 60% of jobs...

Beyond Left and Right? Thinking Along the Lines of a Dividing Question

Recently, the Foundation for Philosophical Orientation launched an essay contest asking a provocative question: “Is the left-right distinction still useful for political orientation?” I...

But, Is She (bell hooks) a Philosopher?

This essay draws inspiration from the various traditions of Black feminist philosophy, in particular the works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins. Collins...

Trade Unions and the Shaping of Public Opinion in Mass Democracy

Democracy’s transformation into mass politics has always gone hand-in-hand with new forms of political communication and media. From the early American republic to fin...

Where Measurement Ends, Need Begins

This post was originally published in Kronika: Filozofski magazin as “Gdje prestaje mjerenje, počinje potreba.” It has been translated by the author and reproduced here with the...

Traveling Within the Shadows of Fear

Saying goodbye to a loved one is a universal human moment of sadness and grief. It reminds us that everything good and sweet will...

Why We Blame the Dead

Fear not slander, censure rash; Thou hast finished joy and moan: All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust. —Shakespeare, Cymbeline A common saying...