Cancel Culture and the Possibility of Nuance When does a private disagreement become a matter of public interest? What defines the appropriate use of the online space? 23 Jun 21 | Beatrice Harvey
Re-Examining Scared Straight Programs Mounting evidence questions the efficacy of disciplinary programs and the balancing of child and parental rights. 22 Jun 21 | Kiara Goodwine
What It Means to Be a Hero Superheroes are the embodiment a host of norms and ideals that say a lot (deliberately or not) about what we think and believe. 21 Jun 21 | A.G. Holdier
Time for Social Conscription? The pandemic has offered a compelling backdrop for considering the institution of a national service program. 18 Jun 21 | Richard Gibson
Intersectionality and the Problem of the MCU’s Ancient One Our various social identities often transcend the labels and boxes made to contain them. 17 Jun 21 | A.G. Holdier
The Ethics of Self-Citation Treating oneself as the only relevant voice in the field goes against the very purpose of the academy. 16 Jun 21 | A.G. Holdier
A Pause on Rights: Canada's Constitutional Clause Which body is the best arbiter of individual rights and the people's will: Congress or the courts? 15 Jun 21 | Matthew S.W. Silk
The Ethics of Animal Dis-Enhancement We need to interrogate the realities that demand we sacrifice our moral ideals and live with second-best solutions. 14 Jun 21 | Rachel Robison-Greene
The Knowledge Norms of Emotions Emotions seems to only be appropriate after all the facts have come in, making uncertainty a major obstacle to catharsis. 11 Jun 21 | Marshall Bierson
The Double-Edged Sword of “Free Speech” True freedom requires a flexible environment, capable of nurturing a diversity of views and opinions. 10 Jun 21 | A.G. Holdier
Pride Parades and Respectability Politics Etiquette norms regarding "good taste" and "decency" are just another tool used to stifle expression, encourage conformity, and police group identity. 9 Jun 21 | Beatrice Harvey
Ethical Considerations in the Lab-Leak Theory Why the skepticism regarding the original suggestion, and what dangers surround the investigation now? 8 Jun 21 | Kenneth Boyd
“Fake News” Is Not Dangerously Overblown All the commotion surrounding "fake news" suggests a larger concern over the way online speech works generally. 7 Jun 21 | A.G. Holdier
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 21 | Benjamin Rossi
Is Fake News Dangerously Overblown? How big and how real a threat must fake news represent to warrant significant intervention? 3 Jun 21 | Jimmy Alfonso Licon
The Ethics of a Global Corporate Tax What makes international tax havens a moral matter rather than purely a political or economic issue? 2 Jun 21 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Justice Breyer and Strategic Retirement We should take a minute to consider all that is being communicated in the push for Breyer to relinquish his post and step down? 1 Jun 21 | Kiara Goodwine
"Politicians in Robes": Neutrality in the Supreme Court How can we maintain confidence in the Court given the politicization surrounding it? 27 May 21 | Tucker Sechrest
UFOs and Hume on Miracles Hume cautions us about believing others when their claims are unbelievable. 26 May 21 | Benjamin Rossi
Automation in the Courtroom: On Algorithms Predicting Crime The justice system's growing reliance on artificial intelligence threatens to remove human sensibility from sentencing. 25 May 21 | Beatrice Harvey
A Challenge to Federalism: Mask Mandates and Subsidiarity How do we find the proper division of labor between competing claims to authority by federal, state, and local bodies? 24 May 21 | Marshall Bierson
On the Weaponization of Forgiveness Making a show of contrition operates as nothing more than a rhetorical device, whether we realize it or not. 20 May 21 | A.G. Holdier
Re-Thinking the Nature of Bodies The promise of organ printing raises important questions about how we understand our physical makeup. 19 May 21 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Hybrid Workplaces and Epistemic Injustice In our rethinking of the workspace, we should be wary of the risk in exacerbating existing inequalities. 18 May 21 | Kenneth Boyd