philosophy

Celebrate Baldwin's birthday on August 2 by questioning how truth and love could be harnessed to create a more just society.

Could studying moral philosophy make you more moral -- or more of a jerk?

Should there be limits to violence in the service of liberation?

Can we find enchantment without sacrificing reason?

Looking for summer movie options? Here are some from the past year (or so) that challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways.

Are pets our partners, our property, or something in between?

What exactly is existentialism? How are we condemned to be free? And what’s so hellish about other people?   

It's about time for this summer's philosophical reading list -- and our 500th episode.

Is it a privilege or a right to be treated as you deserve to be?

What ethical dilemmas are people facing in their daily lives related to the pandemic or social distancing?

How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with anxious times?

How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with anxious times?

How do notions like care, compassion, and empathy change the way we view our obligations to others?

Was Machiavelli an unscrupulous theorist and advisor, or one of the most widely misunderstood political philosophers ever?

In an ideal society, would we even need money?

April is National Poetry Month, so a philosopher might ask: Can we come to know things poetically that we couldn't get at through other forms of thinking, writing, and talking?

Holy metapysics, Batman!

How do you construct a coherent identity when you don’t feel like you fit in anywhere?

Is retirement just an evil scheme invented by capitalists to get rid of higher-paid workers?

Can mere words create a toxic climate in which violence is condoned and encouraged?

Is the midlife crisis nostalgia for lost youth, or the fear of old age (or both)?  

Do the things we call 'trash' say more about those things or about us?

Is the self just a fiction we create to make sense of a complicated world?

What will life be like when every road you travel, every device you own, every building you enter is connected to the internet?

Can we still lead productive, meaningful lives if the demand for human labor disappears?  

Is the internet destroying language?

Have we entered a post-truth era in which politicians and "news" outlets can lie without consequence?

Is there a place in democratic society for comedy that finds humor in people's deepest identities?

We don't have only one friend at a time, so why have only one lover at a time?

The laws of physics determine how things in the cosmos change. But what would happen if the laws themselves changed?