John Dewey and the Ideal of Democracy
October 20, 2024
John Dewey is regarded by some as the American philosopher. In the first half of…
Mary Wollstonecraft
May 12, 2024
Mary Wollstonecraft is often labeled as a “liberal feminist” because of her concern for women’s…
Mary Astell
November 19, 2023
Mary Astell (1666–1731) was an English philosopher and writer who advocated for equal rights for…
Is Philanthropy Bad for Democracy?
November 21, 2021
In a liberal democracy, individuals should have the freedom to give money to charities of…
The Creative Life
August 8, 2021
Parents and students alike often think that a college major defines possible career options. Yet…
The Examined Year: 2020
December 27, 2020
The Year in Pandemic Ethics with Karen Stohr from Georgetown University, Senior Research Scholar at the…
Philosophy Behind Bars
August 18, 2019
In 1994, Congress eliminated federal funding for college education in prisons. It was, they argued,…
The Value of a College Education
June 16, 2019
With 43.3 million Americans burdened with a total of $1.3 trillion in student loan debt,…
What’s Next? Death and the Afterlife
December 24, 2017
The question of what happens to us after we die remains as mysterious now as…
Overcoming the Terror of Death
October 3, 2010
To many death is terrifying. But why? As David Hume pointed out, all the years…
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