Ethics in Culture Beatrice Harvey | 16 Feb 2021 'Malcolm & Marie' and the Politics of Representation Sam Levinson's latest again raises questions about the limitations of white writers writing non-white characters.
Pop Culture Beatrice Harvey | 5 Feb 2021 The Ethics of Cringe What can cringe culture tell us about social norms, self-awareness, and moral shaming?
The Social Justice of Copyrights and “Public Domain Day” What might explain the delay in making our most important cultural artifacts freely accessible to the public? 18 Jan 2021 | A.G. Holdier
Hilaria Baldwin and Fake Identities What can the case of Hilaria Baldwin tell us about cultural appropriation and passing as other? 15 Jan 2021 | Kiara Goodwine
On Some Philosophical Roots of Pixar’s "Soul" Pixar's latest film draws on ancient philosophy to explore the nature of existence and the meaning of life. 7 Jan 2021 | A.G. Holdier
Movies, Beliefs, and Dangerous Messages Our tendency to portray evil by depicting physical deformity is a problem in need of correction. 6 Jan 2021 | Martina Orlandi
"Tenet" and Intergenerational Environmental Justice What does it say about us if retaliation from future generations for environmental harm is justified? 29 Dec 2020 | Kiara Goodwine
Bella Thorne and Celebrities Inhabiting Shared Spaces Us and them? What are the responsibilities of celebrities when participating in shared, communal spaces? 8 Dec 2020 | Katherine Hennessey
Jane Austen and Moral Instability Austen has been claimed by all manner of social and political groups, but to whose camp does she rightfully belong? 4 Dec 2020 | Beatrice Harvey
What Would Nietzsche Think of Sam and Dean Winchester? The long-running show lowers the curtain by considering a familiar theme: what to do with our freedom once we cast off the divine yoke. 2 Dec 2020 | A.G. Holdier
The Ambiguous Perspective of HBO's 'Succession' How the show situates the viewer and the relation it takes to its subject exposes familiar workings of power while making us complicit. 29 Sep 2020 | Beatrice Harvey
Cardi B, Ben Shapiro, and the Pop Culture vs. High Culture Debate Who is to say what constitutes high art or even what qualifies as art in the first place? 29 Sep 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Is Prenatal Sex Discernment Unethical? An ultrasound can only tell you so much, and we have a harmful tendency to fill in the rest before the baby is even here. 17 Sep 2020 | Kiara Goodwine
Debate over the Anti-Racist Reading List How should we approach the literature of racial justice, and how far can it take us? 16 Sep 2020 | Beatrice Harvey
Moral Luck and the Judgment of Officials What responsibility do judges bear in assessing individual's moral culpability for outcomes that are the product of luck? 14 Sep 2020 | James M. Okapal
It’s Just a Game: The Ethics of Tom Clancy’s Not-So-Elite Squad Video games may not directly incite violence, but that doesn't mean they can't still send dangerous messages. 3 Sep 2020 | Kenneth Boyd
Should College Football Be Canceled? The pandemic is laying bare all sorts of troubling relations and concerning arrangements. And COVID-19 may be the least of college football's problems. 17 Aug 2020 | Kiara Goodwine
Cottagecore and the Ethics of Retreat What could be the harm in the idealization of the simple life and commodification of the rural aesthetic? 14 Aug 2020 | Beatrice Harvey
'Bon Appetit' and the Politics of Food Food isn't as apolitical as we tend to assume, it's fraught with concerns regarding access and questions like what constitutes "ethnic" cuisine. 30 Jul 2020 | Beatrice Harvey
Shockingly Funny: The Morality of Eric Andre’s Comedy Humor is often used to lampoon social and political beliefs, but how defensible is it when others are made the butt of the joke? 24 Jul 2020 | Kiara Goodwine
White Skins, Black Masks: Voice Acting and Representation Combating the underrepresentation of people of color in the entertainment industry is an important goal, but the way we go about it is equally important. 6 Jul 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
Dungeons, Dragons, and Du Bois’ Race Problem What might be the real-world harm of racial essentialism in a fantasy role-playing game? What does it take to confront the Veil? 6 Jul 2020 | A.G. Holdier
