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Within the next decade, we may well have systems that are serious candidates for consciousness.
In Foolproof, psychologist Sander van der Linden compares misinformation to viral infection—and claims to have a vaccine.
Amna Akbar talks with Bernard Harcourt about his new book—and how we can build on existing forms of cooperation to transform society.
Being serious about equality means aiming to ensure we all live equally flourishing lives—not merely that we have the chance to do so.
The history of debates about educational outcomes holds important lessons.
The aim is a classless society, not equal outcomes.
It doesn't entail an embrace of the status quo.
Final response: we need a more substantive and generous understanding of the egalitarian ideal.
Feminist arguments against body modification are a dead end.
Join us as we welcome six thinkers to discuss AI governance, cooperation democracy, and more.
Martha Nussbaum on her new book—and why a full development of our humanity requires developing our capacities to care for animals.
Despite debates about scientific certainty, we do not need 100 percent consensus on a scientific claim to accept it as true.
In the Black existentialist tradition, freedom lies in the constant struggle for liberation.
When Desmond Tutu reconciled African theology and Black theology.
Reflecting on three monumental works of modernism a hundred years on.
Join us as we welcome twelve philosophers to discuss everything from bureaucracy and gender to Black existential freedom and beyond.
Trans-inclusive policies are essential, but efforts to establish them must not lose sight of the structural oppressions that trans people face.
Where is the line between professional philosophy and self-help? And how did we end up with this stark divide?
Feminist philosophers Kate Soper and Lynne Segal discuss the unsustainable obsession with economic growth and consider what it might look like if we all worked less.
Epiphanies can prompt us to view the world differently, a new book contends. But they are no substitute for ethical and political debate.
Final response: A “greened” economy is still a capitalist one.
The critique of capitalism must take precedence over the critique of consumption.
The distribution of gains is more important than GDP.
Doing less is not enough. We have to do more, and we have to do it better.
Changing our habits of consumption is not enough.
When it comes to growth, the devil is in the details.
Austerity is not the only way to save our overextended planet. A simpler life might be both more pleasurable and more equal.
Science is always undertaken from a definite point of view, a new book concedes. But it enlarges our knowledge of the world through the interplay of different perspectives.
What if “post-growth living” could be an opportunity for greater pleasure, not less?
Building public trust requires far more than the conveyance of facts and instruction in scientific thinking.
Democratic theory points to two problems: unjust concentrations of power and a flawed theory of knowledge.
In his new book, philosopher William MacAskill implies that humanity’s long-term survival matters more than preventing short-term suffering and death. His arguments are shaky.
The systems that harm animals go hand in hand with systems that harm humans. Combating them requires inter-species solidarity.
How four women defended ethical thought from the legacy of positivism.
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Essayist and Washington Post nonfiction book critic
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yale, specialist in social and political philosophy
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and author of Elite Capture
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