Ethical Dilemmas in Public Philosophy

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In the Name of the Climate: On Throwing Stuff at Art

I recently paid a visit to a friend. After an obligatory catch-up, we found ourselves sitting comfortably on a sofa skipping through various international...
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Racial Justice in Cugoano and Africana Philosophy

Imagine you are born to a white middle class family in the United States sometime after the civil rights movement. You do not think...
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(Re)introducing the Ethical Dilemmas in Public Philosophy Series

“Complexity” is something of a buzzword today—and probably for good reason. If we think about the organization of our societies, we are presented with an...

Rage Against the Machine

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...
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Is Writing for Robots?

Ada opens her eyes at the designated time in the morning. She looks out her open window and notices that the sun is shining....

Moral Status and Moral Agency in Science Fiction

Kantian theories on moral status tightly weave together rationality, agency, dignity, and personhood. A common complaint about these theories set the bar for membership...

Climate Change and the Extended Self

Climate change represents a singular challenge for humanity. However, social attitudes on the topic seem to differ by age. Pew Research Center reports that,...

Ethics Bowl for an Uncivil World

The world is too much with us late and soon... —William Wordsworth When Wordsworth wrote these words, he was concerned that the world was increasingly encroaching...

A Philosopher’s Take on Effective (Non-Egoic) Activism

Billions of farmed animals are hurt and killed in terrible ways every year on factory farms around the world. Professional ethicists like myself are...
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The Costs of Climate Change

As the impacts of climate change become more emergent and costly, op-eds have attempted to answer questions of distributive justice. Recently, the most common...