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June 13, 2025
Category: Ethics
April 24, 2025
Israel, Palestine, and the Trolley Problem: On the Futility of the Search for the Moral High Ground
Download a philosophical exploration of the most contentious debate of our time, written specifically for general audiences by PQED author Jack Russell Weinstein
September 8, 2021
Should We Read Adam Smith During Black History Month?
More than most of his contemporaries, Smith succeeded in recognizing the equal agency of individuals in the African diaspora.
March 6, 2020
Who do we vote for when the generations disagree?
Before the show began, a group of them started chanting, “please don’t make me vote for Joe Biden.” Others followed and for a glorious 90-seconds, the entire venue erupted in this collective lament. This chant haunts me.
September 24, 2018
Is the Senate truly justified in considering Brett Kavanaugh’s behavior when he was a teenager? {Reader’s Question}
Democrats are wrong, the case for looking into Kavanaugh's past is not self-evident. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a case. There is and it’s a good one.
October 8, 2017
Why can’t we legislate against guns? Some observations about American dysfunction.
If there is no place for debate about gun policy in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacres, we have given up on the idea of politics itself.
November 27, 2016
No, students who sought counseling after the recent presidential election are not "precious snowflakes."
Why would they turn around and belittle those who feel the awesome power and intimacy of political decision-making?
November 3, 2016
[PSA] Yelling is not an argument; insults are not evidence.
Yelling is not an argument; it is a form of violence.
October 10, 2016
How should we think about moral relativism?
Some cultures eat horse meat, others make children work, others have caste systems, while others publicly display their own sex acts. Are these just preferences or can they be evaluated from an objective standpoint?
September 11, 2016
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