Featured Daniel Story | 22 Jun 2022 The Curious Case of LaMDA, the AI that Claimed to Be Sentient What characteristics are required for a thing to demonstrate consciousness?
Criminal Justice Megan Fritts | 3 Jun 2022 Law Enforcement, Role-Based Duties, and Bodily Autonomy Can anyone actually be morally obligated to put themselves in harm's way?
The Philosophical Underpinning of “War Crimes” Statutes At what point do acts of aggression violate the norms of permissible wartime conduct? 12 Apr 2022 | Nicholas Kreuder
Whose Rights Matter for Gender-Affirming Care? Who is it that recent legislation aims to protect when it outlaws medical assistance? 21 Mar 2022 | Elizabeth Williams
Academic Freedom and the Kershnar Case: A Partial Dissent Might the math come down to our ability to accurately anticipate all consequences? 14 Feb 2022 | Benjamin Rossi
The Curious Case of Evie Toombes: Alternative Realities and Non-Identity How might we assess the harm that may or may not have occurred if things had gone differently? 25 Jan 2022 | Dustin Crummett
Year in Review Our writers offer up all their favorite reads you might have missed. 31 Dec 2021 | Prindle News Hound
Civility, Testimonial Injustice, and Commitment to Philosophy What lessons can philosophy teach us for expanding our perspective, being more generous, and seriously considering the positions of others? 10 Nov 2021 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Ethics and Job Apps: Why Use Lotteries Can we really defend our reliance on personal judgment when it comes to picking the best candidate for the job? 6 Oct 2021 | Marshall Bierson
The Moral Danger of Conservative Nostalgia At what point does longing for days gone by become something more than a mere expression of personal taste? 21 Sep 2021 | A.G. Holdier
On Objectivity in Journalism Exercising discretion in choosing what to say and how to say it inevitably requires adopting some particular perspective, but doesn't that just admit bias? 26 Aug 2021 | Benjamin Rossi
On Patriotism What does our fidelity to the nation in which we live require? What can it not demand? 28 Jul 2021 | Megan Fritts
Educating Professionals How might the value of education transcend economic assessment? What goods might it deliver beyond mere job-training? 30 Jun 2021 | Kristopher G. Phillips
A Stark Divide: On Critical Race Theory in the Classroom Why might race-based education be necessary for developing our youth into fully-fledged adults? 13 May 2021 | Tucker Sechrest
Underrepresentation in Clinical Trials and COVID-19 Our dedication to the value of efficiency means that the historically marginalized stay marginalized. 8 Apr 2021 | Lauren LaMore
The Broader Moral Issue Behind the Filibuster Is the filibuster the linchpin holding it all together or a relic from a bygone era holding us back? 24 Mar 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk
On an Imperative to Educate People on the History of Race in America "History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history." - James Baldwin 24 Feb 2021 | Rachel Robison-Greene
The Cost of Free Speech Freedoms come with responsibilities and must be balanced against other moral values. 4 Feb 2021 | Desmonda Lawrence
The Ethics of Presidential Polling Can we justify the choice to make unofficial presidential polling data available to the masses while the result is still out? 21 Jan 2021 | Ted Bitner
Accountability, Negligence, and Bad Faith Calls for Senators Cruz and Hawley to resign are only growing louder, but of what wrong might they be guilty? 8 Jan 2021 | Tucker Sechrest
Year in Review To ring in the new year, our writers offer their favorite reads that you might have missed. 31 Dec 2020 | Prindle News Hound
Should At-Home Workers Be Taxed? If at-home workers must chip in more money to the pot as a matter of fairness, surely there are others who might be similarly obligated. 17 Nov 2020 | Andrew Cullison