Slacktivism in Academia: Why Strongly Worded Letters and Micro-Protests Rarely Work
Academics reason through problems, create innovative solutions, and often make the world a better place. However, sometimes, they are not the best at fashioning...
Citizens’ Accountability and Epistemic Constraints on Voting
When we think about the ideal democratic citizen, we think about someone who is not only a valuable member of the political community, but...
How Changeable Are the Concepts We Teach?
Recently, there have been some high-profile cases of teachers in schools and universities being asked to stop teaching certain concepts. Race and gender are...
Power Corrupts: Why Parenting Can Be Bad for Us
Could it be bad for us to become parents? Of course, we might say; yes, if it turns out we made a mistake in...
Harmful Ignorance
“We haven’t got closure, we haven’t been able to mourn properly, close that chapter and live our lives in memory of Dad and build...
Death and Taxes: The Philosophy of Procrastination
The Microsoft Word cursor blinks, waiting for the next input to be typed, in vain. However, no letter, no space appears on the digital...
On Pacifism
Pacifists think that violence is never the answer. That’s a pretty extreme view. However, in our world, many more people, including the most powerful,...
Conversation and Context in an Online World
Communicating online can be thrilling. We can interact instantly with people anywhere in the world. We can find and consult with experts on any...
Should Vegan Advocacy Meet People Where They Are?
When we aim to justify veganism, a crucial question is how to frame the arguments. A widespread and intuitively compelling strategy is to adjust...
Free to Speak, Not to Listen: Freedom of Expression in the Age of AI...
Can you lose your free speech even when you are not prevented from saying anything? To answer this question, let us consider two ways in...