Philosophy Kenneth Boyd | 3 Dec 2018 Why Are Political Debates So Difficult?: A Holiday Survival Guide Why do we argue with family over the holidays, and how can we start to bridge the gap?
Animals Haley Thompson | 26 Nov 2018 Saving Animals in Emergencies: The California Wildfires In times of emergency, it's often hard for families to decide what to do with their pets. What should be our moral obligations towards our domesticated animals?
Rethinking Modification of the Natural World Humans have been modifying the natural world for millennia. But what is right -- the way the world was, or what we change it to be? 22 Nov 2018 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Trump, Puerto Rico, and the Ethics of Skepticism Skepticism can be healthy, but it can also be misplaced. President Trump seems to use the tactic at the wrong times. 16 Oct 2018 | Kenneth Boyd
What’s Wrong with Hypocrisy? Why does hypocrisy feel so much worse than other moral wrongs? And what part is it playing in the Pennsylvania Sex Abuse Scandal? 27 Aug 2018 | A.G. Holdier
Where Should Your Money Go? Should charitable giving be about preventing the most harm or helping your community? 23 Aug 2018 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Unjust Laws and Elastigirl’s Example The Incredibles 2 is more than a family blockbuster -- it presents theories of the ethics of law in a clear, understandable way. 26 Jul 2018 | A.G. Holdier
Some Normative Perspectives on Borders and Asylum Seekers When U.S. border polices are examined from a normative ethical perspective, the results point to a need for change. 11 Jul 2018 | Amy Elyse Gordon
A Journalist Fakes His Own Death. Was His Decision Moral? What will the consequences be of Ukrainian journalist Arkady Babchenko's choice to elude Russian-funded assassins by faking his own death? 13 Jun 2018 | Gabriel Andrade
Just How Useful is the Trolley Problem? Has one of philosophy's most famous thought experiments outlived its usefulness? 25 May 2018 | Gabriel Andrade
The Socialist Calculation Debate: Revisited The 19th-century socialist calculation debate has surprising relevance today. 5 Apr 2018 | Summer Pappachen
In Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now, the Ethics of Reporting Human Progress A new book answers a contentious question: just how much has the Enlightenment improved the world? 30 Mar 2018 | Gabriel Andrade
Moral Luck and the Trump-Russia Investigation Philosophical theories of Moral Luck allow us to determine how blameworthy the actors in the Trump-Russia investigation really are. 16 Mar 2018 | Daniel Beck
Tax Reform and the Value of Economic Equality: Part Three Many have argued the Republican tax plan is harmful because it will exacerbate inequality. But why is equality the desirable goal, in the first place? 27 Jan 2018 | Daniel Beck
Why Give $75 Million to Philosophy? A wealthy businessman just gifted $75 million to Johns Hopkins' philosophy department. But some philosophers were skeptical of the move. 26 Jan 2018 | Jean Kazez
Trusting Women and Epistemic Justice Why is trusting women such an issue in our public discourse? 11 Jan 2018 | Meredith McFadden
Tax Reform and the Value of Economic Equality: Part 1 Examining the moral case for reducing economic inequality. 8 Jan 2018 | Daniel Beck
What Does Kant Have to Say about Conspiracy Theorists? In an age of conspiracy theories and alternative facts, Kant's philosophy of reason stands to offer much-needed clarity. 18 Dec 2017 | Eric Walker
"Nudges" and the Environmental Influences on our Morals Research has shown that moral behavior can be influenced by environmental "nudges," including those as small as finding a dime in a phone booth. 8 Nov 2017 | Meredith McFadden
Reason, Listening and Fixing "How to Fix American Stupidity" What a cask of wine has to do with America's contemporary polarization. 13 Oct 2017 | Eric Walker
Please Don't Punch the Nazis When considering how to address the rise of the United States' far right, reflection on the type of hatred at play is needed. 16 Sep 2017 | Kevin Guilfoy
On Lying When There is No Truth On the unique position that lying holds in contemporary American society. 30 Aug 2017 | Kevin Guilfoy
