Understanding the Duty to Care: A Vulnerability Perspective
Vulnerability theory differs from liberal political and legal perspectives in significant ways. The theory argues that we must replace the liberal theoretical subject with...
How can we be good allies as bystanders during war?
Being from the Middle East, it is hard to avoid thinking about war. I’ve lived through three, as well as an event I’ll discuss...
What Do We Owe Our Neighbors?
(Please note: This post contains my personal reflections on my own experiences within my current neighborhood, and as such I believe it is important...
TikTok: The Surveillance State and Your Role
Lately, you cannot walk down a busy street, go to work, eat at a restaurant, workout at the gym, or go grocery shopping without...
An Alternative to Argumentation: Persuasion via Questions
In my last post, I introduced Julia Galef’s way of thinking about motivated reasoning, what she calls soldier mindset: people take ideas personally, and...
The Supreme Court’s Symbolic Code of Conduct
Two things seem true about modern professional life. One, most professional activities nowadays (legal ones, anyway) are backed by a code of conduct—roughly, a set...
Why Arguments (Almost) Never Work: Motivated Reasoning And Persuasion
Were I writing this essay a year or two ago, I’d have started it this way: When disagreements arise, the first impulse for many...
The Simpsons and AI(mmortality)
Since its 1989 debut, The Simpsons has been a leviathan in the entertainment ecosystem. With over 762 episodes over 35 seasons, the show holds...
Barbie as Philosophy
If we want to understand the relationship between philosophy and film, what better place to start than the best film of 2023! No, I’m...
UNDRIP’s Limits on Corrective Reforms to the Basic Structure
§1 Introduction
The United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is intended to provide “a universal framework of minimum standards for the survival,...