Testimonial Injustice But With Questions: Steps Towards a Theory
As philosophers and teachers, we often have the great privilege and responsibility of choosing what questions we ask. And when other people (including our...
“King of the who?”: Monty Python on Rousseauian Legitimacy
In this short clip from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Arthur, King of the Britons, attempts to exercise his dominion over two...
Understanding Evil, Jaime Denison
In summer 2025, I was approached by the director of the Central New Mexico (CNM) Honors Program to teach the seminar Understanding Evil in...
Combating “Opinion”: Gilles Deleuze Meets Timothy “Speed” Levitch
Below we find a clip from The Cruise, a 1998 documentary by Bennett Miller that follows the now-infamous New York City tour bus guide...
“Philosophical Projects: Bringing Everyday Life into Intro to Philosophy,” Mateo Duque
I have been teaching Introduction to Philosophy at least once a year since 2012, beginning in my second year of graduate school at the...
Science and Culture in Latin America, Alejo Stark
Most introductory philosophy of science courses begin by presenting the traditional positivist view of science as objective, descriptive, and value-free, usually as a historical...
Why Reflections on Teaching Philosophy Matter: A Call for Contributions
When Gustav Klimt unveiled Philosophy at the Vienna Secession in 1900, the painting didn’t attempt to explain philosophy so much as to evoke the...
Rick Rubin, Kant, and the Tasteful Genius
What does it mean to be a creative genius? The following clip is from a 2023 60 Minutes interview with legendary music producer Rick...
Teaching Normative and Applied Ethics: How, and to What End? Stephen Scher
My new book, Revitalizing Health Care Ethics: The Clinician’s Voice (2025)—co-authored with the psychiatrist Kasia Kozlowska of the University of Sydney Medical School—begins in...
CPP and Ethics Bowl: Powerful Partners for Peace, Matt Deaton
Ethics Bowls are known for modeling the democratic ideal: high-brow, collaborative discussion about difficult moral and political matters. Participants author their own positions, are...