George Floyd's murder and the subsequent protests and continued violence against protesters and police speak to numerous violations of human dignity. How can dignity be restored?

If tear gas is a substance that is "evil in itself" (malum in se), why can police use tear gas on protesters? Just war theory provides criticism.

While the vast majority of protests have been peaceful, those that aren't challenge us in ways that require further investigation.

We take up all sorts of thorny issues with unsatisfactory answers. But there are some unequivocal statements we can make: Black lives matter.

Non-ideal testing conditions and a makeshift exam threaten to undermine our commitment to equality in education.

We need greater legal resources for identifying and acknowledging the various forms racial violence takes.

Government's claim to be the last word on free speech raises a number of legal and philosophical challenges.

Speaking only to one's faithful followers is not an effective strategy for solving collective action problems, but it takes a good deal of courage to not give up.

The virtue of patience is being replaced by expediency. But what marks the appropriate time to sidestep procedure?

Different governments' contact tracing strategies raise important questions about public health and personal privacy.

When even our experts disagree how can we locate the proper balance between skepticism, agnosticism, and justified belief?

The most recent episode of Rick and Morty raises familiar questions about the value of virtue—and the harm of immoral action—in the absence of consequences.

The concerted effort required to overcome our current predicament is a proving ground for the battle that still awaits us.

What language should we speak to appropriately capture the moral failings of George Pell and the Catholic Church's hierarchy?

We need to rethink our relation to the news; the common ways we acquire and share information is tapping into some of our worst impulses.

The current crisis has provided a new context to evaluate our relationship to meat and the machinery that produces it. Can we justify the cost of this "vital" labor?

Do the responsibilities of celebrity extend to keeping some of their opinions to themselves? Must they play by a different set of rules than the general public?

The disconnect between semantic and pragmatic meaning hides all sorts of political motive and epistemic claims.

History, geography, and politics have conspired to keep most Americans sheltered from the outside world. This has worked both to our benefit and our detriment.

The question of where we are, how we got here, and what we should do now is more complex than our current conversation admits.

Translating the moral wrong of genocide into the legal language of law requires revisiting our colonial past.

Is this new medium reducing art to a formulaic hunt for virality or is it inspiring innovation and increasing independent artists' opportunity for exposure?

Continual encroachment on a shared resource undermines what is a necessarily collective and collaborative enterprise.

How can we balance deference to experts with the need for inclusive political discourse?