Philosophy

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. 

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.

Conservation implies a new way of life.

Changing our habits of consumption is not enough.

When it comes to growth, the devil is in the details.

How science works.

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.