Politics
Is Moral Expertise Possible? Four Responses
As long as there have been philosophers, there has been thinking about morality.
Woke Capitalism’s Tragedy of the Commons
Woke capitalism is rational, but it is also unsustainable.
Pacifism and Papal Fallibility
The Pope is a perverse sort of pacifist, not a man of peace.
Israel’s Perilous Moment, Then and Now
Herf tells the complicated and often surprising story of the internal political struggles in Western capitals, as well as in the halls of the United Nations, that erupted at the end of the Second World War.
Hofstadter’s Paranoid Style Revisited
Hofstadter argued that McCarthyism was simply the latest iteration of a longstanding American tradition.
Can California Change?—An Interview with Michael Shellenberger
In October 2021, environmentalist activist and author Michael Shellenberger published his bestselling book San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities. He is now campaigning to be the next governor of California on an independent ticket and a platform that promises to address the crises he identified in that book—a homeless
Is Moral Expertise Possible?—A Roundtable
Is moral expertise really a thing—normatively, theoretically, or metaphysically? All three major Western schools of moral philosophy seem to think so, including virtue ethics, deontology, and consequentialism.
The Limits of Narrative
Societal crises of self-confidence can result from distorted and oversimplified narratives.
