Philosophically Speaking

“Ineffective Altruism” with Leif Wenar

Leif Wenar (Stanford) explores the doctrine of effective altruism, explaining why it leads us astray when thinking about our duties to the global poor and to the future. Read the paper at: https://www.wired.com/story/deaths-of-effective-altruism/

"Predictive Policing in the Age of AI" with Renée Jørgensen

Renée Jørgensen (Michigan) explores the ethics of using big data to allocate police attention, and why doing so is morally questionable. Read the paper at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1470594X251379074?download=true

“Discrimination and Privilege” with Cécile Laborde

Cécile Laborde (Oxford) asks who should be protected by discrimination law, and whether the socially advantaged can be victims of wrongful discrimination. Read the paper at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1470594X241283034

“Don’t Ask That!” with Sam Berstler

Sam Berstler (MIT) explores how merely asking questions can sometimes be morally wrong, violating our rights to privacy. Read the paper at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papa.12249

"Trump’s Lies” with Jeremy Waldron

Jeremy Waldron (NYU) talks through what’s so bad about lying, and why certain lies are distinctively destructive to our political life. Read the paper at: https://politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/15481/