Should Robots Have Rights? Lt. Commander Data v. The United Federation of Planets
In the following clip from “The Measure of a Man,” episode nine of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989), we...
APA Awards Grants to 10 Projects for 2021–2022
The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that it has reinstated all grant funding programs and will provide grants to 10 philosophy-related projects...
Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Technology and the Politics of the Common Good
A focus for the Philosophy and The Mirror of Technology Series is the pervasive impact of technology. This piece considers the danger consistent with...
Ethical Dilemmas in the Pharmacy (Teaching on TikTok)
This video is of an ethical dilemma posed by a Pharmacy student and illustrates the conflicts between respecting autonomy (by keeping medical information confidential)...
A Feminist in the Forest
Like many others this past year, my children and I sought refuge from the pandemic in the great outdoors. Instead of traveling far from...
Obstetrics’ Security Blanket: The Case of Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Healthy Births
Following the #MeToo movement came the #violence_in_obstetrics movement, which started in 2018. In fact, the mistreatment of women in maternity wards is so widespread...
More Than an Oculus
Did racism exist in the Renaissance? Can art teach us about morality?
The standard answer to both questions seems to be “no”. In fact, although...
Lewd, Feeble, and Frail: Subverting Sexist Tropes to Gain Authority
I recently waded through a 700+ page volume on philosophical theology that seriously under-represents the historical contributions of women (and POC, and LBGT+ folx,...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club Series!
We are excited to announce a new series profiling undergraduate philosophy clubs (UPCs) from universities and colleges across North America!
The goal of this series...
Relational Egalitarianism is Not about Egalitarian Relationships
That equality is an essential part of justice - or even that justice just is some kind of equality - has been central to...