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:...
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...
Nope’s Social Demons
In an interview that has gone viral in several places, Jordan Peele stated that he had five films planned on what he referred to...
My Body, Not My Choice: The Complicated Ethics of Abortion
Editor's note: This post is part of the Blog of the APA's continued engagement with arguments related to the topic of abortion. Posts providing alternative...
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....
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...
Advice from an Emperor
I am hard-pressed to recall the nuances of externalism and internalism on a late night with an old friend. The details of safety and...
Moral Agency, Informed Consent and the ‘Last Tango’ Rape Scene
As the Harvey Weinstein trial proceeds in Los Angeles and the #MeToo movement makes ever-greater strides to leverage survivor justice, a look back at...
The Curse, the Prison Cell, and the Lynching Mob: Revisiting the Limits of Law...
In a time that seems almost defined by social instability, “law” seems at once essential and treacherous. On the one hand, the law (as...
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...