The Movie Show
February 8, 2009
Movies play a large role in modern life. We enjoy watching them; we idolize the…
Democracy By Numbers
November 1, 2026
Despite adhering to the principle of “one person, one vote,” elections in the United States are often highly contentious: presidents can be elected after losing the popular vote, there is widespread gerrymandering and voter purging, and not everyone has equal representation in the Senate. So…
The Judiciary in Democracy
February 1, 2009
In many democracies, the judiciary is protected, to one degree or another, from the voters. …
Mental Imagery
December 28, 2008
In the Early Modern period many philosophers took ideas to be mental images of the…
Animal Minds
December 21, 2008
People have strong but divergent opinions about the nature of animals’ minds. Do dogs make…
Legal Ethics
November 30, 2008
Lawyers are often thought to be hardly better than hired guns, who, in the words…
Giving and Keeping
October 26, 2008
How should people allocate their assets – however modest or grand – ethically and effectively? …
The Promise and Perils of the New Genomics
October 5, 2008
John and Ken welcome their special guest, noted scientist and entrepreneur, Craig Venter. From the…
Philosophy and Neuroscience
September 21, 2008
Philosophers have always been concerned with the mind. What is consciousness? Representation? Emotion? Now that…
We’ve Been Framed: How Language Shapes Politics
September 21, 2008
Does the hijacking of words by political forces tell us something interesting about the nature…
The Morality of Food
September 21, 2008
Veganism, freeganism, organic, sustainability, simplicity, biofuel, animal rights, worker’s rights, nutrition, preventing hunger, reducing waste…
Utilitarianism
September 7, 2008
Can morality be quantified? Can the good be calculated? Utilitarianism says the right action is…
If Truth is so valuable, why is there so much BS?
August 31, 2008
Everywhere we look — in the media, in our political campaigns, in the hallowed halls…
Global Justice and Human Rights
August 24, 2008
What constitutes a just society? What are the obligations of liberal democracies to ensure the…
Separation of Powers
August 17, 2008
In America, there’s not just one governing body, there are three: executive, legislative, and judicial.…
Philosophy and Pop Culture
August 3, 2008
From Star Trek and the Grateful Dead to South Park and Stephen Colbert, philosophical questions…
Believing in God
July 20, 2008
Some have argued that there aren’t any good arguments for believing in God. Is belief…
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