The Crisis of Policing in a Neoliberal Era
On July 9, 2021, outside her home in Salem, Oregon, Misty Castillo called 911. Inside was her mentally ill son, Arcadio Castillo, who was...
ChatGPT Reveals What We Value and What We Do Not
The promise of automation has traditionally been that machines will handle the work that we do not want to do so that we can...
Depression and the Good
The first time I was hospitalized for depression, it occurred to me to ask whether my fellow philosophers had anything to say about my...
The Great British Brain Drain
Over the past few years, the UK has faced its fair share of trials. Today, one of the most pressing is the pressure placed...
Climate Targets and Moral Corruption
Imagine a parent–teacher conference. The teacher tells you your child is “on track” to graduate from high school. Relieved, you follow up: “Great! Can...
Looking Back and Acting Out
Over 40 years ago, in Throwing Like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment, Motility, and Spatiality, Iris Marion Young gave us a...
Well-Informed About Misinformation
Misinformation. Disinformation. Fake research. Fake news. Nowadays, these terms are everywhere. Misinformation, in its various guises, seems to threaten every aspect of our lives:...
Phronêsis, or, a Plea for Critical Thinking
You know what I am sick of hearing and reading about? How facts, logic, and reasoning don’t matter to people.
Likewise, if there’s one stereotype...
The Moral Justification of a Ban on Congressional Stock Trading
In the weeks preceding the pandemic, (then) U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein, Kelly Loeffler, James Inhofe, and Richard Burr sold hundreds of thousands of dollars...
Woman, Life, Freedom: When Dress Codes Kill
Our younger daughter traveled to Israel with a group of teenagers in July 2021, the summer before their senior year of high school. The...