Making a Better World
July 6, 2025
Some philosophers think that morality boils down to one idea: we should make the world…
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Spinoza
November 24, 2024
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th century Dutch philosopher who laid the foundations for the Enlightenment.…
The Rhetoric of Big Tech
June 11, 2023
Big tech is known for its “disruption” of established industries and changing fundamental aspects of…
The Ethical Jerk
December 11, 2022
Ethics philosophers are more ethical than the average person — right? Well, maybe not. Studies…
Covid Conundrums and Moral Dilemmas
November 20, 2022
In just months the world changed radically, and we have all had to adjust our…
Philosophy and the Superhero
October 23, 2022
Philosophy is replete with thought experiments featuring characters like Descartes’ “Evil Genius” and Davidson’s “Swampman.”…
The Limits of Tolerance
December 19, 2021
In order to reach compromise, people try to be tolerant of others with different beliefs.…
The Examined Year: 2020
December 27, 2020
The Year in Pandemic Ethics with Karen Stohr from Georgetown University, Senior Research Scholar at the…
Monstrous Technologies?
November 1, 2020
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein raises powerful questions about the responsibilities of scientists to consider the impact…
Identity Politics
February 3, 2019
The notion of identity has become so hugely important in contemporary political discourse that no…
Why Be Moral?
January 18, 2015
Morality tells us how we ought to behave, if we want to do the right…
Dignity and the End of Life
September 13, 2005
Is physician assisted suicide morally okay? What about active euthanasia for patients suffering terminal illnesses?…
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