It’s Tax Day in America, so we have some questions for you: Do you think taxes are fair? How well do you know your own thoughts about taxes? How easily shaped by priming are your beliefs about taxes? You might be surprised to discover what experimental data shows about this!
What are the mechanisms by which power operates? How much can the workings of power shed light on the concepts and labels applicable to everyday life? Foucault’s concept of power is more important than ever.
Are poor white Americans voting in their own best interests? Is it better to be poor in Bangladesh or in the Mississippi Delta? The Atlantic interviews Nobel-prize winning economist Angus Deaton.
Should your race restrict what you’re allowed to paint? Is it wrong for white artists to depict black suffering? Or is this just political correctness overdone?
Prominent philosophers go head to head in this New York Review of Books piece. Thomas…
Crony beliefs are beliefs you have partly because you want to believe them. But is it really possible to form beliefs because you want to have them? Does that explain why so many people seem to believe things that serve their self-interest? Or is there another explanation for that?
A bizarre, somewhat tongue-in-cheek meditation by Point Maganize’s Michael Kochin on the concept of a…
Although the National Review’s Jonah Goldberg doesn’t frame the aricle this way, I took his…
Do self-help books rely on a sort of magical thinking about the control we have over our lives? Do they feed into an idiosyncratic, American narcissism that prioritizes furthering our pursuits over helping others? Are they even worth reading in the first place?
Despite being over forty years old, Roger Errera’s interview of philosopher Hannah Arendt in the…
February is Black History Month. But how should we honor the occasion—especially if you’re white? In addition to recognizing black artists and intellectuals, is there a more sincere way to honestly reflect on your role in America’s dark past? Philosopher George Yancy thinks we can do more.
Consider the now-famous philosophical thought experiment, the trolley problem. An out-of-control train is barrelling into…
What role did race play in his presidency and his path to it? Was Obama a black president, or a president who happened to be black?