Reactive emotional responses to machines are a commonplace in our lives. I get angry at the Kroger checkout machines when they never register the item weights right. The system locks...
Elizabeth Cargile Williams is a PhD candidate at Indiana University, Bloomington. Their research focuses on moral responsibility and character, but they also have interests in social epistemology and feminist philosophy.
Ada opens her eyes at the designated time in the morning. She looks out her open window and notices that the sun is shining. “Good,” she thinks, “they haven’t scheduled...
On a sunny Tuesday autumn afternoon, the Utah State Philosophy Club meets on the grassy quad next to Old Main right at the base of the northern Utah mountains. They keep company...
Kantian theories on moral status tightly weave together rationality, agency, dignity, and personhood. A common complaint about these theories set the bar for membership in the moral community too high:...
James M. Okapal is Professor of Philosophy at Missouri Western State University. His research focuses on the intersection of ethics and literature with special interest in theories of moral status...
Climate change represents a singular challenge for humanity. However, social attitudes on the topic seem to differ by age. Pew Research Center reports that, “in Sweden, 65% of 18- to...
Michael Otteson received his PhD from the University of Kansas. He is currently works in the Philosophy and Communication Studies department at Utah State University. He specializes in Ancient Philosophy...
Richard Greene is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Richards Richards Institute for Ethics at Weber State University. He is the past Director of the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. He...
Billions of farmed animals are hurt and killed in terrible ways every year on factory farms around the world. Professional ethicists like myself are all too familiar with the details...
