Marx and Morality
May 3, 2026
Karl Marx famously attempted to explain our social, political, and economic systems in terms of…
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(Why) Money Matters
November 27, 2022
Money, they say, does not buy happiness; but having none can make life extraordinarily hard.…
Foreign Aid – or Injury?
July 18, 2021
Many of us might think that developed nations should lead the effort to end global…
Radical Markets: Solutions for a Gilded Age?
May 2, 2021
Many people think that growing inequality, the rise of populism and nativism, and the decay…
Repugnant Markets: Should Everything Be For Sale?
March 28, 2021
We might ban buying or selling horse meat in the US not for the protection…
One Child Too Many
January 13, 2019
The United Nations predicts human population growth will surpass 9 billion around 2050. We know…
The Ethics of Debt
October 14, 2018
According to a report from the Jubilee Debt Campaign, there are currently 24 countries facing…
Freedom and Free Enterprise
February 7, 2016
“Freedom” means the human capacity to choose among options, based on one’s own preferences and…
Economics: Science or Cult?
April 19, 2015
With the recent global economic crisis, many people wonder if our economic policies are built…
The Moral Costs of Climate Change
November 23, 2014
Global climate change confronts us not only with well-known pragmatic challenges, but also with less…
Summer Reading List 2014
June 8, 2014
What philosophers, philosophies, or philosophical issues would you like to read up on over the…
Money and Morality
March 13, 2011
Does our system of credit and money make upward social mobility possible for anyone willing…
Justice Across Boundaries
May 9, 2006
Philosophical conceptions of justice have most often been directed at the nature of a just…
Progress and the Environment
January 3, 2006
Does the value of preserving our environment conflict with the development of a world community…
Karl Marx
September 6, 2005
The ideas of Karl Marx vie with those of Rousseau, Locke and Jefferson for shaping…
Corporations
September 21, 2004
Corporations are recognized as persons in the eyes of the law. But if they are…
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