Tess Varner reviews John Kaag’s most recent book.
Essays
These are (mainly) longer form essays. Many of those written prior to 2024 also appeared in the print version of The Philosophers’ Magazine.
Life Is Good
John Martin Fischer takes on the Immortality Curmudgeons.
Tragic Life Endings and Covid-19 Policy
August Gorman explains why last days matter more.
The Lure of the Cartesian Sideshow
Is there an internal mental world that is better known to you than the world outside?
Summer of Protest
Alida Liberman on the ethics of portrayal.
A Magical Syllabus
Emily Thomas Unearths the Hogwarts of C. D. Broad.
Winning the Battle, Losing the War
Ryan Jenkins shows how blowback against apparently successful technologies can render them counterproductive.
Democracy: What’s It Good For?
Robert B. Talisse on value, politics, and a new problem for us as citizens.
The Plague, a Review
Margaret Betz reviews Camus’ classic.
The Ethics of Social Distancing
Nicholas G. Evans thinks through the tangle of rights and wrongs.