Should All Ages Be Equal?
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Age determines a lot about your position in society—what activities you can do, what benefits…
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J.S. Mill and the Good Life
May 15, 2022
John Stuart Mill was one of the most important British philosophers of the 19th century.…
Sanctuary Cities
May 1, 2022
In the U.S. there are over 500 sanctuary cities—municipalities that limit their cooperation with the…
The Limits of Tolerance
December 19, 2021
In order to reach compromise, people try to be tolerant of others with different beliefs.…
White Privilege and Racial Injustice
June 7, 2020
“White privilege” has become a buzzword in discussions about racial inequality and racial justice. The…
Race Matters
February 2, 2020
Started in the wake of George Zimmerman’s 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin,…
Nonhuman Rights
November 24, 2019
Human rights—like freedom from discrimination and slavery— are fundamental rights and freedoms that every person…
The Radical Democracy Movement
March 31, 2019
Liberal democracy has its problems, including the fact that in trying to build consensus, it…
Altered States
March 3, 2019
Aldous Huxley explains his conception of the brain as a “reducing valve” of consciousness in…
Edward Snowden and the Ethics of Whistleblowing
April 1, 2018
You might think we each have a moral duty to expose any serious misconduct, dishonesty,…
Food Justice
October 8, 2017
The number of chronically hungry people in the world is over 800 million, yet developed…
Dignity Denied: Life and Death in Prison
January 10, 2016
According to the Treatment Advocacy Center, there are more people living with mental illness in…
The Changing Face of Feminism
September 20, 2015
Reactions to the word ‘feminist’ today range from staunch rejection or ambivalence to fervent endorsement…
Dignity and the End of Life
September 13, 2005
Is physician assisted suicide morally okay? What about active euthanasia for patients suffering terminal illnesses?…
Drug Legalization
May 25, 2004
Does America’s drug problem rest on confused philosophy? Ken and John discuss the philosophical issues…
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