Can We Blame Rioters?
Political riots raise important moral questions. When we see or hear about a riot, we are prompted to consider whether the cause is just...
Columbia University’s Self-destruction
In April, I wrote a plea for the Columbia University leadership not to appease the Trump administration by giving in to its demands for...
Hope, Argos, and Donna
The Tangier smoke cat catches a piece of meat in his front paws like a monkey…my little monkey beast. The white cat rubs his...
The Ethics of Artificial Intimacy: Why Philosophy Must Enter the Chat
Headlines like “Man Proposed to His AI Girlfriend” and “She’s In Love With ChatGPT” reflect a cultural moment where romantic relationships with artificial intelligence are no longer...
Do Soulless Abominations Walk Among Us? Or Are They Us?
I would like to suggest that they are, sometimes, but not always, us.
Sometimes, people speak without thought. This is something that can happen to...
White Privilege and Antisemitism in James Gray’s Armageddon Time
In “Shannon Sullivan’s White Privilege and Antisemitism in James Gray’s Armageddon Time,” I delve into Shannon Sullivan's concept of white privilege as it manifests...
Can Legal Obligations Arise From Mere Social Facts?
What makes norms like paying taxes, wearing a seat-belt, or being forbidden from committing murder legally valid, obligatory, or binding? On one hand, natural...
Main Character Syndrome, or Why Everything Is Not About You
A TikToker and her followers physically push aside an older couple inconveniently in her way, claiming that they are “ruining” her selfies—and then post...
The Weight and Limits of Academic Titles
On April 6, 1980, Le Monde published an interview with a French intellectual, whose name was not disclosed at the time. It was later...
Time is Political
One of the ultimate measures of worth, in human life, is time. And yet, theories of justice, in their debates about “currencies” of justice,...