Philosophy Benjamin Rossi | 26 Oct 2020 In Defense of Mill Contrary to popular belief, Mill's commitment to speech is capable of distinguishing good faith from bad faith efforts.
Politics Matthew S.W. Silk | 23 Oct 2020 Is Microtargeting Good for Democracy? A tool for political inclusion may simply be a way to stoke division.
Medical Privacy and the Public's Right to Know How can we determine when public interest should trump politician's personal rights? 22 Oct 2020 | Marshall Bierson
Under Discussion: Voting Best Interests and Democratic Legitimacy How can we ever divine a political mandate from the jumbled voices and contradictory preferences we find in the ballot box? 21 Oct 2020 | Meredith McFadden
Under Discussion: Is It Rational to Be an Ignorant Voter? What does it take to fulfill one's duty to participate in democratic elections? 20 Oct 2020 | Kenneth Boyd
Under Discussion: Democracy Demands More than Your Vote The obligations of a democratic citizen extend beyond registering a presidential preference every four years. 19 Oct 2020 | A.G. Holdier
Under Discussion: Are Liberalism and Democracy Fundamentally at Odds? US democracy has always been about striking the proper balance between individual freedoms and the popular will. 16 Oct 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
Under Discussion: A Dearth of Democracy The opportunity to register one's political preferences (especially at the federal level) is small, and only getting smaller. 15 Oct 2020 | Evan Butts
Under Discussion: Consent of the Governed? Obstacles to Free and Fair Elections Given that the people's voice grants government legitimacy, the authority of American democracy is under threat. 14 Oct 2020 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Voter Participation What is required in order for our government to represent the people's will? 8 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Confirming Amy Coney Barrett: Against Secularism or For Religious Freedom? Is faith underrepresented on the bench, and are critics of the president's nomination guilty of discrimination against the religious? 8 Oct 2020 | Kiara Goodwine
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Money in Politics How could money possibly undermine citizens' basic political equality in a democracy? 7 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Ponderous Chains; or, How the Supreme Court Escapes Precedent How can the Court overturn precedent and go against stare decisis? 7 Oct 2020 | Evan Butts
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Minority Rights The Electoral College, partisan gerrymandering, and varying Congressional district sizes have all undermined the people's political voice. 6 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Is It Right to Hope for a Politician’s Death? Neither revenge nor negligence can justify hoping for the worse or expressing joy at other's misfortune. 6 Oct 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Disenfranchisement No taxation without representation? Many still have no way of having their political voice recognized. 5 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Misericordia and Trump’s Illness Can virtue ethics ever justify wishing harm to come to others? 5 Oct 2020 | John Hacker-Wright
Political Fragmentation and Experimentation What can Ezra Klein and David French tell us about making politics manageable despite hyperpartisanship? 2 Oct 2020 | Marshall Bierson
We've Got Politics Wrong Political principles or party affiliation? Our political discourse tends toward tribalism first, convictions second. 1 Oct 2020 | Jimmy Alfonso Licon
Treating Principles as Mere Means How can we explain the unique moral wrong committed when we trade on our principles? 30 Sep 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
The Ethics of Escapism (Pt. 3): Searching for the Personal when Everything Is Political Our entertainments send political messages all the time, what changes is our receptivity to them. 28 Sep 2020 | Meredith McFadden
The Ethics of Escapism (Pt. 2): Two Kinds of Escape Escape of the Deserter or Escape of the Prisoner? Not all kinds of escape are justified. 25 Sep 2020 | A.G. Holdier
