Yearly Archives: 2026

On the Insufficiency of Current Gender Equality Policies in Academia and the Necessity of a Cultural Shift

Despite the proliferation of measures designed to promote gender equality in academia, structural inequalities persist—particularly in senior positions of responsibility, such as professorships. In 2021,...

Promoting Civic Friendship: The Transformative Power of Public Spaces

The neighborhood in Lisbon where I spend a lot of my time is densely populated. It has undergone many changes, with new cafes and...

War Ethics and Why We Shouldn’t Hope for the Best in Iran

Sometimes, the morally right thing to do is to support an unjust war. The thought behind this is simple. Some wars are morally mixed:...

Copyediting and Philosophy, Part 1: What is Copyediting?

The Issues in Philosophy Beat is running a three-part mini-series called “Copyediting and Philosophy,” which focuses on issues around copyediting relevant to the philosophy...

What About Knowledge That No Longer Knows What It Is For?

This post was originally published in Kronika: Filozofski magazin as “Što sa znanjem koje više ne zna čemu služi?” It has been translated by the author and...

Is the Household Obsolete? Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Economy, Androcentrism, and the Socialization of Care

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) is well known to lovers of Gothic horror for her acclaimed story The Yellow Wallpaper (1892). This story, considered one...

How to Deal with Online Virtue Signaling

You’ve had a long day at work and come home wanting to unwind. You decide to scroll through your social media just to pass...

APA Member Interview, Chloe W. Chang

Chloe Wanghuige Chang was a manager in the business and fashion industry, but always felt that something was missing in her pursuit, until she...

Using the Absurd: How Erasmus Challenges His Students

The Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus, more often called Erasmus of Rotterdam, is well known for his satirical Praise of Folly, his letters, and his...

The Feminine as Structural Problem 

Twelve years ago, I committed to a life in philosophy—knowing it meant poverty and prolonged adolescence. Years of it. Maybe forever, given the job...

Gratitude, Belonging, and Philosophy

I came to philosophy somewhat by accident. I am from a bureaucratic, military-dominated area of Northern Virginia; almost everyone I went to high school...

The Risks of AI Recording Devices and Note-Taking Assistants in the Classroom

Recently, US classrooms have dealt with several forms of authoritarian and dystopian policies, ranging from Texas A&M banning Plato to UNC Chapel Hill secretly...

Dystopian Futures: Anthropic and the Department of Defense

Fantastical imaginings of a bleak and desolate end-state of mankind, characterized by environmental disasters, tyrannical governments, or some other cataclysmic decline, have been around...

Let Kids Be Kids? The Ethics of Maximizing Children’s Talents

Sam is fourteen years old. He spends hardly any time with friends or family. Every day, before or after school, or both, and every...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Aesthetics and Video Games

Christopher Bartel is Professor of Philosophy at Appalachian State University and Adjunct Research Fellow with the Practical and Public Ethics Research Group at Charles...