Elon Musk vs. the Bureaucrats: A Paradox of Democratic Authority
Elon Musk’s conquest against the bureaucrats is based on two contradicting ideas of democratic authority.
The last months have been a non-stop flood of news...
To Protect Democracy from Oligarchy We Must Fight Inequality, but also Hierarchy
The problem of oligarchy is a problem of undue influence of wealth on politics. This problem takes a specific form in liberal-democratic, capitalist regimes....
Rebelling or Revelling?: Humor as a Sisyphean Task in Mystery Science Theater 3000, Part...
The now classic movie-riffing series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K), and its spinoffs such as Rifftrax, can tell us something about how to deal...
Tyla, Coloureds, Color, and Culture Part III
American YouTuber Armon Wiggins went viral on X after referring to Tyla as an “uppity African,” an insult with which the broadcaster and rapper...
Hamilton’s Folly: The U.S President’s Pardoning Power and Questions of Forgiveness
“The benign prerogative of pardoning”
At the birth of the United States, Alexander Hamilton argued in Federalist 74 that “Humanity and good policy conspire to...
From Human to Cyborg: Art, Technology, and the Redefinition of Human Identity
Throughout the past century, technology's integration into the human body has redefined our understanding of identity, autonomy, and what it means to be human....
Democracy and Future Generations: A Philosophical Minefield
Democracy and future generations have a thorny relationship. On the one hand, democratic countries provide better for the well-being of future generations than autocracies...
The 49th Parallel: Canadian Philosophy and American Imperialism
In the weeks leading up to his second inauguration as U.S. President, Donald Trump began talking about “annexing” several countries, including Panama, Greenland, and...
Loneliness and Human Nature
John Dewey, in his 1938 essay, “Does Human Nature Change?”, answered in a way consistent with his presupposition of Darwin’s theory of evolution, i.e....
Is It Wrong to Stop Helping Trump Supporters?
One of the many takeaways from Donald Trump’s re-election is that America is, has been, and will remain deeply divided along political lines. And...