World Affairs Giles Howdle | 15 Nov 2021 The Poland-Belarus Border Crisis: The Ethics of Blackmail Is the principled refusal to come to the negotiating table with terrorists a morally justified stance?
COVID-19 Kenneth Boyd | 11 Nov 2021 Aaron Rodgers, “Critical Thinking,” and Intellectual Humility How do we distinguish between healthy epistemic habits and virtues and those which are unhealthy?
Individual Rights, Collective Interests, and Vaccine Mandates Is there any justifying the state's strong-arming and bullying in the name of its citizens' public health? 21 Oct 2021 | Tucker Sechrest
Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Russia and the Energy Crisis On what grounds could we possibly object to the geopolitical opportunism that represents business as usual? 18 Oct 2021 | Richard Gibson
Vaccine Hesitancy as Free-Riding A not insignificant portion of the unvaccinated continue to confound us in their refusal to acknowledge the basic demands of fairness. 8 Oct 2021 | Daniel Burkett
Moral Lessons from the Meng Wanzhou Affair? It's difficult to see the narrative that this political showdown was about taking a stand on principles as anything but hollow. 4 Oct 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Are Vaccines Passports Ethical? Are we justified in constraining some people's rights so that others might enjoy a return to normal? 16 Sep 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk
COVID Vaccines and Primary Care Are doctors violating their professional code in choosing who they will or will not treat, or, as always, simply minimizing their patients' risk and possible harm? 30 Aug 2021 | Megan Fritts
Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Liberal Interventionism? It is either hubris or naivete that leads us to think that we can fight others' battles for them. 24 Aug 2021 | Giles Howdle
What the Moral Tragedy in Afghanistan Teaches How did we get here? Who is to blame? What could we have done differently? Are there any useful takeaways from the mess we find ourselves in? 23 Aug 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Aesop and the Unvaccinated: On Messaging and Rationality Too much time is devoted to finger-pointing and name-calling, while not enough attention is paid to what goes into the message. 20 Aug 2021 | Ted Bitner
Intervention and Self-Determination in Haiti What kind of solution best respects the agency of the Haitian people and might find the necessary footing to take hold? 22 Jul 2021 | Alexander Spencer
The Artemis Accords: A New Race to Dominate Space The land grab currently afoot has people and nations staking their claim to goods that shouldn't be owned. 21 Jul 2021 | Desmonda Lawrence
Medical Challenge Trials: Time to Embrace the Challenge? Are there any good moral reasons for refusing to experiment with willing participants in the face of an emergency? 15 Jul 2021 | Giles Howdle
An End to Pandemic Precautions? How can we decide which precautions we should carry with us and which are better left behind? 2 Jul 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
Time for Social Conscription? The pandemic has offered a compelling backdrop for considering the institution of a national service program. 18 Jun 2021 | Richard Gibson
Criticism of Israel, Media Focus, and Bias Given all the other international conflicts, can anything but anti-Semitism explain the obsession with Israeli policies? 4 Jun 2021 | Benjamin Rossi
Can You Be a Different Person After the Pandemic? When we talk about human growth and personality change, what do we really mean? 4 May 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
COVID-19 Vaccines and Drug Patent Laws COVID-19 is putting increased pressure on our ability to justify medical patents. 3 May 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Considered Position: On Voluntary Non-Vaccination – Real World Complications How might access to information change our obligation to the unvaccinated? 29 Apr 2021 | Marshall Bierson
Considered Position: On Voluntary Non-Vaccination – Types of Reasons Depending on the justification, we might still have an obligation to curb behavior in order to protect the unvaccinated. 27 Apr 2021 | Marshall Bierson
Considered Position: On Voluntary Non-Vaccination – The Difference Voluntariness Makes Does the fact that vaccination is widely available change our moral situation in respect to those who remain unvaccinated? 23 Apr 2021 | Marshall Bierson
