Global warming is a tragedy of the commons, in which logical agents act in ways that run counter to the longterm interests of the group.
The rise of social media means that a limited number of academics, industry bodies or professional groups can promote almost any agenda, however obtuse, gain slightly wider support online, and create the appearance of significant authoritative status.
The theory of intersectionality, now widely embraced by self-described feminist activists, maintains that non-whites, women, and LGBT individuals face systemic oppression whose scope increases according to the number of minority statuses a person holds.
William Edwards frames the quarrel as an argument between thinkers who believe in free will
To a modern research scientist, all of this will seem like common sense, and such principles now are taught even in some undergraduate courses.
The post brought out the worst of the knitting world’s anti-racism mobs
There are many false hopes out there that claim to be treatments and cures.
If members of the back row lack dignity because of their economic condition, they sometimes try to reclaim their dignity
Given the horrifying history of racism in the United States, this was never a far-fetched thesis.
What is worse, it is in denial about how little power and influence it has outside of a few institutions, whose reputations suffer as they grow increasingly narrow-minded and mediocre.
Clearly it is possible to do politics in philosophy without doing political philosophy.
Jonathan Kay talks to Quillette‘s associate editor Toby Young about Boris Johnson, Britain’s new Prime Minister whom Toby first met 36 years ago when they were students together at Oxford. Toby recently wrote a profile of Boris for Quillette.
The central point of gender self-ID is that you are taking someone to be a woman or a man solely on the basis of what they claim
Beech claimed he had been tied up and had his bones broken by Generals and Field Marshals
The enormous level of immigration to the United States has actually done little to change the overall demographics of the country over the past 20 years.