The Ethics of Homosexuality: Is It Morally Wrong?
If homosexuality is wrong, there should be a good reason to believe that. Likewise, if homosexuality is not wrong, there should be a good reason to believe that. This essay reviews some of the most...
View ArticleRacism: What Makes Something Racist?
Theories of racism try to answer these questions by trying to identify the essence of racism, the unifying and fundamental feature(s) of all racist things that explains why they are racist. This essay...
View ArticleImmigration Ethics: An Overview
This essay explores some key competing philosophical arguments about whether it should be easier for people to immigrate to whatever country they would like. The post Immigration Ethics: An Overview...
View ArticleEquality: What Is It and How Is It Different from Equity?
Many say that we should make society more equal. But what should we equalize? This essay explains two of the most important ones: equality of outcome and equality of opportunity. The post Equality:...
View ArticleDehumanization: What is it to Dehumanize People?
Dehumanization involves wrongly treating or viewing some person or group as less than human. But what exactly is it to treat or view some person or group as less than human? And how might these actions...
View ArticleCivil Disobedience: Seeking Justice by Breaking the Law
What is civil disobedience? Can it be justified? If so, under what conditions? And what should happen to people who engage in civil disobedience? Should they be punished? Or should they be praised This...
View ArticleEthics and Animal Research
While many medical advances such as vaccines, analgesics, and dialysis have involved animal research, the practice is controversial for a simple reason: we experiment on animals because they are like...
View ArticleRobert Nozick’s “Wilt Chamberlain” Argument for Libertarianism
Author: Daniel Weltman Category: Social and Political Philosophy Word Count: 998 Some people are rich. Others are poor. Is this bad? Many argue that it’s unjust for society to be deeply unequal, and...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence: Ethics, Society, and the Environment
Author: Thomas Metcalf Category: Ethics, Philosophy of Mind and Language, Social and Political Philosophy Word count: 998 Artificially intelligent entities or “AIs” are computer programs or machines...
View ArticleMoral Education: Teaching Students to be Better People
What are the proper moral education, and how should those goals be pursued? Theories of moral education try to answer that question: they provide ideas about how we can, and should, try to teach...
View ArticleOn Karl Marx’s Slogan “From Each According to their Ability, To Each...
The slogan “From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs” is one of German philosopher Karl Marx’s (1818-1883) few explicit descriptions of communism. This essay describes the...
View ArticleKarl Marx’s Theory of History
An introduction to Karl Marx's theory of history, known as historical materialism.
View ArticleThe Ethics of Mozi: Social Organization and Impartial Care
An introduction to the ethics of Mo Di, or Mozi, (墨子, c. 470 – c. 391 BCE), the founding figure of Mohism, a philosophical, social, and self-defense movement during the Warring States era (479–221 BCE)...
View ArticleCondorcet’s Jury Theorem and Democracy
This essay explains Marquis de Condorcet’s "jury theorem" and how philosophers have used it as an argument for democracy.
View ArticleWhat Is Misogyny?
"Misogyny" refers to systems that uphold gender-based oppression against women and girls. What those systems are, and how they operate, is a subject of philosophical debate. Here we explain two...
View ArticlePhilosophy and Race: An Introduction to Philosophy of Race
An introduction to philosophy and race: an Introduction to Philosophy of Race.
View ArticleUrsula Le Guin’s “The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas”: Would You Walk Away?
An essay on the ethical and philosophical issues of Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas.”
View ArticlePhilosophy of Law: An Overview
There are many topics related to law that philosophers study. This essay provides an overview of common topics in philosophy of law.
View ArticleWhy be Moral? Plato’s ‘Ring of Gyges’ Thought Experiment
What if you could steal, cheat, and violate any other moral norm without fear of punishment? Would you still have reason to do what’s right? The ancient Greek philosopher Plato (427—347 B.C.E.)...
View ArticleIndoctrination: What is it to Indoctrinate Someone?
An introduction to the concept of indoctrination or what it is to indoctrinate someone, and whether that's problematic or bad or not.
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