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...
Vision for the Current Events in Public Philosophy Series
Ask someone what springs to mind when they think of a philosopher, and you’ll typically get one of three answers. First, they may paint...
The Faces of Death: More than a Macabre Rite of Passage
Last year it was announced that the gruesome cult classic, Faces of Death (1978), would be remade by the team responsible for the film...
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...
Is Housework a Sisyphean Struggle or a Way to Bring Joy to Our Lives?
Disclaimer: For the purposes of this blog article, the author aims to contrast the public life of men and the private life of women,...
Should We Embrace Nature as a God?
Can treating nature as a God be a solution to the problems of the climate crisis, or is that likely to cause even more...
On Finding Common Ground
So-called “affective polarization” (Iyengar & Westwood, 2015)—deep antagonism between outgroup members—is a pressing contemporary issue. Affectively polarized individuals are often incapable of cooperating, engaging...
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...
Film as Experience: Vision for the Philosophy of Film Series
“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” In The Wizard of Oz (1939), a cyclone transports Dorothy and her dog Toto...
What Should Philosophers Do in Response to Dobbs? A Conversation With Ethicists
In the wake of the Dobbs decision, many philosophers are left wondering how the changed landscape should impact their behavior. What are our obligations...