Civil Disobedience
January 18, 2026
Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King all engaged in civil disobedience, and are widely admired…
Law Tagged Episodes
Sanctuary Cities
May 1, 2022
In the U.S. there are over 500 sanctuary cities—municipalities that limit their cooperation with the…
Misogyny and Gender Inequality
March 14, 2021
With the recent #MeToo viral campaign, along with the wave of prominent male figures toppled…
Driverless Cars at the Moral Crossroads
December 8, 2019
Autonomous vehicles are quickly emerging as the next innovation that will change society in radical…
Nonhuman Rights
November 24, 2019
Human rights—like freedom from discrimination and slavery— are fundamental rights and freedoms that every person…
Gun Control
November 4, 2018
The right to bear arms, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment, is at once both…
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,…
The Power and Peril of Satire
March 18, 2018
Satire is everywhere – in conversations with friends, in books, on television, and online. When…
When Democracies Torture
November 26, 2017
Torture is prohibited under international law and is widely considered a human rights violation. But…
Anarchy: Utopian Dream or Dystopian Nightmare?
September 3, 2017
Anarchism says there’s no need for a state, that it would be better to have…
Racial Profiling and Implicit Bias
June 18, 2017
Whether for counterterrorism measures, street level crime, or immigration, racial profiling of minorities occurs frequently.…
Neuroscience and the Law
September 7, 2014
Recent advances in neuroscience have revealed that certain neurological disorders, like a brain tumor, can…
Corporations and the Future of Democracy
October 28, 2012
The US prides itself on the strength of its democratic institutions and considers itself a…
What are Human Rights?
May 6, 2012
According to the Declaration of Independence, the basic human rights of life, liberty and the…
The Ethics of Torture
March 18, 2012
According to former Vice President Cheney, practices widely regarded as torture prevented further attack on…
The Corporation as a Person
March 18, 2012
The Supreme Court recently decided that corporations had the right of free speech under the…
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