Would You Want to Live Forever?
January 20, 2004
Pick your favorite age. You are healthy, career thriving, family intact (at least pretend!). Would…
Hildegard von Bingen
September 20, 2026
Hildegard von Bingen was a 12th century mystic, polymath, and composer whose work spanned visionary theology, philosophy, cosmology, medicine, botany, and music. Her extraordinary intellectual accomplishments belie her humble claim to be “just a woman”. Was her humility justified in the face of the divine,…
The Bush Doctrine of Preemptive Self-Defense
January 13, 2004
What is the difference between mere aggression and preemptive self defense? Can you really permissibly…
Live Pilot: Is Lying Always Bad?
August 20, 2003
Many philosophers have been tempted to condemn lying as an absolute evil. The problem is…
Demo #2: What Is Terrorism?
January 1, 2003
What is terrorism? Is terrorism morally worse than other forms of warfare. Was Truman’s decision…
Demo #1: Can Machines Think?
January 1, 2002
Will Computers someday be able to have humanlike consciousnes and intelligence? Will they someday outstrip…
Baruch Spinoza and the God in Nature
Baruch Spinoza was an 18th-century Dutch philosopher who famously claimed that nature and God are…
Rosa Luxembourg and Social Democracy
Rosa Luxemburg was an activist and intellectual whose theories of freedom motivated her insightful critiques…
Viktor Frankl and the Meaning of Life
Viktor Frankl is one of the most fascinating psychologists of the twentieth century. Having survived…
Martin Buber and the Philosophy of Dialogue
Martin Buber was a prolific writer, translator, and philosopher whose essay I and Thou remains…
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