Technology and Aesthetic Meaning
“…the future of man as his will, as dependent on a human will…so as to make an end of that gruesome dominion of chance...
Reports from Abroad: Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen
This series questions and complicates what ‘reporting from abroad’ can mean in a globalized world that faces interconnected and local crises alongside forces grappling...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Rules of Rescue
Theron Pummer is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He works on issues in ethics and metaphysics and has...
GRIEF-SPUN WISDOM IN THE DIRT: Of Popular Death Practices
A conversation about dirt becomes a discussion of death, grief, and philosophy.
Growing Older and The Value of Intergenerational Bonds
For old age to be understood differently, our whole life needs rethinking. And so, too, the philosophy that is humanly satisfying.
The Coming Robot Rights Catastrophe
Time to be a doomsayer! If technology continues on its current trajectory, we will soon be facing a moral catastrophe. We will create AI systems...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Self-Improvement
Mark Coeckelbergh is Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna, and the former Vice Dean of the Faculty of...
Complete Philosophy Is Personal: We Relate to Each Other
As many of us head into the new year, perhaps it’s worth remembering how philosophy is personal.
Entropy and Aging
Aging is something sentient beings do. We humans not only grow old, but obsessively reflect on the meaning of aging, its unwelcome impositions on...
To Assess Technologies, Bioethicists Must Take Off Their Blinkers
The following piece was originally published in the Hastings Center Report (September-October)
A casual review of the literature reveals mainstream bioethics’ love affair with biomedical technologies:...