Ryan Jenkins shows how blowback against apparently successful technologies can render them counterproductive.
Essays
These are (mainly) longer form essays. Many of those written prior to 2024 also appeared in the print version of The Philosophers’ Magazine.
Democracy: What’s It Good For?
Robert B. Talisse on value, politics, and a new problem for us as citizens.
The Plague, a Review
Margaret Betz reviews Camus’ classic.
The Ethics of Social Distancing
Nicholas G. Evans thinks through the tangle of rights and wrongs.
Keeping Close to Home
Katherine Furman on communities and contagion.
Philosophy, In a Sense
Constantine Sandis on Doing Nothing in the Time of Covid-19.
New Moral Questions and Refugees
Should we extend protections to those fleeing Covid-19, asks Mollie Gerver.
Capitalism After Covid
Julian Friedland shows how the pandemic might inspire a more virtuous economy.
Civility and Disappointment
Amy Olberding on the problems civility solves.
Deluded Departments
Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay on the contemporary sophistry that’s poisoning academic philosophy.
