Should land be reclassified as a global commons?
In this post, Megan Blomfield discusses their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on treating land as a common good. In a world confronting climate change, new questions arise about how...
View ArticleA justice-inspired reading of the COP26 discursive arena
The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), which has been taking place in Glasgow since October 31st and will end on November 12, has already offered many possibilities for...
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Theory, Politics and Socialism: An interview with Paul Magnette (Beyond the...
Before becoming the president of the Belgian Francophone Socialist Party, Paul Magnette was a renowned scholar in the fields of EU studies and political theory. In addition to analysing the political...
View ArticleHow to better care for each other
The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically reminded us of our shared vulnerability and our need of care, and as a result, calls for care have been widespread since the pandemic began. Some of these calls to...
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Teaching Philosophy “Outside the Walls”
An audience in a lecture hall How do you get undergraduate students excited about philosophy? How do you show students that studying philosophy isn’t just about reading complex discussions about the...
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What Do We Owe to Pandemic Puppies?
For many, having an animal companion during the pandemic has been a blessing. Someone to keep you company, someone to play with, someone who brings you joy and gives you a reason to get out of bed....
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Is disruptive climate activism morally controversial?
We are in the midst of an emergency. Drastic action by states, businesses, and individuals is required if we are to avert the most disastrous effects of climate change. Activism is a necessary part of...
View ArticleMental Illness and Microaggression
Not only do people with mental illness frequently encounter negative stereotypes in news, films, books and in everyday speech, others often give misguided advice or are dismissive towards experiences...
View ArticleOn how the Dunning-Kruger effect complicates normative considerations
Individuals are notoriously self-serving in assessing their competences either in absolute terms or when comparing themselves to others. We are likely to think we are more sociable than others, better...
View ArticleThe EU needs to be able to Expel Autocratic Members
This is a guest post by Tom Theuns, Assistant Professor of Political Theory and European Politics at Leiden University (tweeting @TomTheuns). It discusses his recent work on how the EU should handle...
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Are Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Unjustly Disenfranchised?
In July 2020 the Romanian Constitutional Court declared that the institution of judicial interdiction, which deprived people deemed to have severe intellectual disabilities[1] of numerous civil rights,...
View ArticleRethinking Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change
This is a guest post by Jelena Belic, Lecturer in Political Theory at Leiden University, and Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Assistant Professor of Public International Law at Leiden University. It...
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Child Soldiers: Victims or Perpetrators of Crime?
The existence of children enlisted in armed groups poses difficult questions to moral and political philosophers regarding our assumptions about what childhood is, or the relationship between...
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Virtue Signaling and Moral Discourse
*This is a co-written piece by A.K. Flowerree and Mark Satta. Photo Credit to Volodymyr Hryshchenk Recently, there has been philosophical debate about the moral significance of virtue signaling (i.e....
View ArticleWhy We Can’t Have It All When It Comes to the Future of Work
This is a guest post by Deryn Thomas, PhD Student in Philosophy, Benjamin Sachs, Senior Lecturer, and Alexander Douglas, Senior Lecturer, at University of St. Andrews. It discusses their recent...
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Brain stew for dinner: information overload and daily burnout as the new normal?
This month we will be publishing a series of posts on the topic of fatigue. Two years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, constant fatigue characterises the lives of too many of us. Here we...
View ArticleHow to kill a democracy in 10 easy steps (spoiler alert: exhaust your citizens)
This month we will be publishing a series of posts on the topic of fatigue. Two years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, constant fatigue characterises the lives of too many of us. Here we...
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Fatigue and the need for a social energy policy
This month we are publishing a series of posts on the topic of fatigue. Two years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, constant fatigue characterises the lives of too many of us. Here we think...
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Should we deprioritize grades? Or not grade at all?
If you have any experience teaching, you likely have experience grading. Grades are often considered an important part of teaching, for example because they are thought to motivate students. However,...
View ArticlePutting a Price on War
This is a guest post by Stanislas Richard. Stan is a research fellow at the Dr. Rachelle Bascara Foundation and is visiting at the Central European University. The post discusses his thoughts on the...
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